Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is blonde and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 280 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A 4'10" northern woman, she has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 Bricklayer. She struck the Bricklayer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 19000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a brown tunic with grey highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around his shoes. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Himo alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 800 sp. Sardonyx (50 gp).