Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nedda studied abroad. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sculptor and was forced into it by her family; and she wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses like a well dressed Soapmaker does. Her hair is brown and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Through the years after Ielenia was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ielenia's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Soapmaker responsibilities is difficult; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 sp. Jade (90 gp).

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and warhammers. His purple hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Balam grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Balam. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'1" and wears dull blue sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Malquis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: White pearl (60 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in an above average manner. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. The war was a terrible time for her, and Kristryd does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Kristryd lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When Kristryd reached her early adolescence her Dwarf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 360 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). Jade (60 gp).

Description: This northern man is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small tan clips. His beard is blonde, braided, and well cared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hadarai grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Bethrynna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Bethrynna was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'3". He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His black fur is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Expand his business; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Hadwisa was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 gp.