Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'1" and wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. 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: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (70 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (8 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. With a patchy silver beard and wild silver hair. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is long and unkept. This silver eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A freak accident while working with her Servant mother left her crippled. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bune fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.