Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. She has green eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her first spouse was a Sailor, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his brown hair up. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long white hair reaches down to his waist. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is a Sage first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of drow may trigger it at times.

History: Lance lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 4000 sp. Obsidian (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears long strands of ruby and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. She has gray eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 8. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

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. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10000 cp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp).