Description: This malnourished woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Elama embodies much of what other species detest in the Elves. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Elama was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elama grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Elama. 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 she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a red tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She worked as a nervous Spice Merchant and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Scribe again.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. His silver hair is braided into rings. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Brewer. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Purson was born the youngest of three triplets. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Brewer and was forced into it by his family; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a halberd, but if one is not available he will default to his club. His golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Odo was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 120 gp. Amethyst (130 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Nurkara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Gnomish artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soveliss is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Tiefling companion (his 'brother'). He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1000 cp. Pink pearl (90 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He wears a yellow collared shirt and green pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He keeps his blonde hair in a flapper bob. 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 can speak with the recently deceased. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Carpenter, but he got bored and became a Navigator. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown vest and prefers black and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His red hair is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Roland was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 260 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).