Description: Standing 5'1", this woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Ahlyssa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Ahlyssa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to be a farmer again

Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A freak accident while working with her Laborer father left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is brown and very short. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Torbera grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a Layabout first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. After coming to the age of reason, Forcas took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Job, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 sp.