Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her hair is short and blonde. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born in the west to a Scribe, Susannah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His ears are large.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a Architect, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her hair is short and golden. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Merchant. She has worked as a Merchant like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Mary lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 gp.