Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has red fur. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 130 gp. Jasper (50 gp).

Description: Standing 5'5", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born in a small island village. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Body Guard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Body Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Body Guard responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 210 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She tends to wear a large blue jacket. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shava grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). In the meantime she has taken over work as a Stableman and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (160 gp).