Description: This woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her silver hair is braided into rings. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Small steel mirror.

Description: An older woman who wears baggy violet pantaloons and a brown scarf, she is not a threatening figure. She has silver hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 Masseuse. She has achieved small success as a Masseuse.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Avice studied abroad. She found a children's book about a Human Expert who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She stands about 3'3" and wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With wild black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Roywyn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 sp. Coral (160 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a large grey jacket. He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Thorin lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He bought a club and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp.