Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy black dress. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her father struggled to pay the bills. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and expand her business

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (50 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: A 4'7" northern woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Baker. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He carries with him a set of rapiers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. The war was a terrible time for him, and Chad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gifted student he started as a Bounty Hunter, but he got bored and became a Detective. He's also a talented Bounty Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. His white hair is singed and shortened. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top brown hat.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Patrick was born the youngest of three triplets. The family's rival house kidnapped his sister with the intent that his sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bather they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Laborer, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.