Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Barkeep. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barkeep business.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A gifted student she started as a Bather, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To be a Bather again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a black shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and pastel pants. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is an amazing painter.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is dark but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her hair is short and red. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is content

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 90 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and carries hammers. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cloud fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She got into the Sellsword business at a young age. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Chaedi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, white cloak. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Guardian, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Sumnes wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful, Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 20 gp. Violet garnet (200 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. With wild white hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.