Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Ermina hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her beige fur is matted, messy, and big. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her childhood dream was to be a Fletcher, but she was a colossal failure. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Matilda is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 sp.