Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Full Plate.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. 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: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manfred grew up listening to his mother's many stories. 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 Guard. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Guard for hire.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears just a blue suit. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

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. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has blue eyes and a grey hat with a green feather.

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. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. After a long history of fighting, Emeny and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 800 gp.