Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Shautha was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear flannel. Her dark red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Kali was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 250 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a simple tan robe with green stripes complete with hood. She has a very tight haircut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp).

Description: He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His hair is blue and curly. He has red eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Adventurer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Adventurer work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Standing 6'3", this man wears a black vest and prefers tan and green shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has no crest. His eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is a great chef.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was granted druidic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1100 sp. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Smokesticks.