Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She likes to wear grey tank tops with black skirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 8. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears just a black suit. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her silver eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mortician who has hired her part-time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her fur is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Right-Handed was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. 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 routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to be a sage again

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears an entirely black suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length purple hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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 father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He carries a battered hammer and tarnished shortbow as well. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Roofer profession.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 240 gp. 7 Acid flasks.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears baggy black pantaloons and a white scarf. His bronze crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Mreksh's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He 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. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. His hair is short and brown. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Xappan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.