Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears dull yellow sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hammer, just in case. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Mella hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'0" southern woman, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears dull black sweaters, loose grey pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed dagger, just in case. He carries with him a set of daggers, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. In his youth he was a Ruler, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.