Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Emma lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He is an epitome of beauty. His moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is an amazing painter.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: Expand his business; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Spice Merchant for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has slicked back silver hair. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top grey hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 pp.