Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears bulky brown painted plate armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Moonstone (70 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Locksmith. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a large tan jacket. His moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Gifted from a young age, Roger studied abroad. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has wavy brown hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. A gifted student he started as a Fisher, but he got bored and became a Unemployed. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Religious, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.