Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Yevelda was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Yevelda's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and doesn't want to be a locksmith and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 4'3" and wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His ears are large.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Taklinn was taken on many hunting expeditions. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a brown vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She wears her blonde hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She got into the Knight business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Sailor, but she got bored and became a Knight. She has worked as a Knight like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is chestnut and very short. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He hates drow. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a black coat with brown slacks. Her lavender fur is heavily combed to the right. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. After a long history of fighting, Three and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: He dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a white coat with black slacks. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly pickaxes and scimitars. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. 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. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black fur is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Elegant was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Elegant and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and doesn't want to be a performer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy rusty crest. She is typically in her Armorer uniform. She has a hunchback. Her rusty crest, when down, is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gifted student she started as a Tanner, but she got bored and became a Armorer. She has achieved small success as a Armorer.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 Carter. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and balancing her hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).