Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Avice was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She is greedy; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Emerald (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He sports a long red beard, and similarly colored long hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 south. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a yellow Stetson hat and yellow clothes. His silver hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born into a rich family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He struck the Unemployed job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This northern woman is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: The child of a Actor, who enjoyed hunting, Griselda was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.