Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with tan slacks. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Giselle was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Engraver. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 6000 cp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has no crest. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: The child of a Farmer, who enjoyed hunting, Zykroff was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her childhood dream was to be a Farmer, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Bellfounder.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bellfounder responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 14000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears her blonde hair down. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Rinn lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He wears bulky white painted plate armor, and carries swords. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his feathered white hat.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Damien 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. Damien 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. He has wavy red hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: Dûgza is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Gifted from a young age, Dûgza studied abroad. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His blonde hair is still thick. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His first spouse was a Mason, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and he perpetually has his longsword ready. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He has blue eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Naal was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Naal fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Justice. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. 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 feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 110 pp.