Description: A 3'1" southern woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Tanner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Slave. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Courier mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 80 gp. Hematite (7 gp).

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length purple hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Decarabia grew up listening to her father's many stories. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 390 gp. 8 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears suspenders and violet workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy violet leather apron most of the time, and carries tridents. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Carrie embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 100 sp. Silver pearl (80 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears a tan tunic with green highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Cockaby abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He tends to his Mercenary job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'5" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting illithids, the young Tomph began to lead the lost caravan. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man tends to wear a large brown jacket. His long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her black hair is long and unkept. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She works hard and plays hard.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Cook responsibilities is difficult; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Drusilia was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 gp.