Description: 5'3" and muscular, this eastern woman is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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 does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Ridaro hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries a battered axe and tarnished shield as well. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Dwarf in existence. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Kathra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 sp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad brown hat.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His parents enrolled him in a Expert school at a young age so that he could practice his divine talents. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Fletcher they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Seamstress, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her scythe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her black hair, when down, is lengthy. She has blue eyes and a white hat with a red feather.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Cora's homeland. Cora decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cora fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 130 gp.