Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Mary hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Humans. His skin is dark but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady blue eyes.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Thomas alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Apothecary. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: He is content; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her childhood dream was to be a Slave Trader, but she was a colossal failure. She has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.