Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Tanner they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Mortician, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 230 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With bright chestnut hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Willow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Laborer, but she got bored and became a Dyer. Recently the stress of being a Dyer has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are likewise white. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 54. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is greedy; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She wears a blue collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the north were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 sp. Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe. His white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Norman hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Norman 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 Norman. Being a Marshal kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 sp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired him part-time. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Gerald lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Gerald was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gerald decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 10 pp. Red spinel (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His brown fur is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise yellow. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is her passion; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 310 gp.