Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Mary took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the south. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (30 gp).

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this western man dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Manfred hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Manfred abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His silver hair is cut short. His brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: 100 gp.