Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her red hair is well kept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Ielenia 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. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With bright white hair. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Herbalist but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Maiathah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Maiathah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the east to a Animal Trainer, Lewis learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

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

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greataxe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. After months of barely getting by, Unvera managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has shaved her head bald. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Detective responsibilities is difficult; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This northern man has the majority of his body covered in plate. His clothes are grease stained in places. His moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. Claira is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Claira 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. After coming to the age of reason, Claira took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 2000 cp. Sard (40 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a butterfly on it. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born in the north to a Sailor, Alice learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Mayor, but she was a colossal failure. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp.