Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a red tunic with grey highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 100 gp. Chrysoberyl (60 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her blonde hair is still thick. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates Dwarves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. 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 is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Saphara was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 20 pp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her blue hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling silver eyes.

Personality: Gadreel is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of a Navigator, who enjoyed hunting, Gadreel was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She bought a hammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Pearl was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and to protect her home

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ovina will drive conversation. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Caramip was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Hematite (9 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His hair is cut close to his head. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 Detective. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Detective for hire.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Rich, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 140 gp.