Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

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 takes great joy in being the best Tanner in town.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. 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 Tanner. She's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a tan scarf. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His gray fur is braided into rings. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. This black eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a large violet jacket. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is baby faced.

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 does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 200 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his broad grey hat.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. Adam enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Adam was born with his father's beautiful face. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 gp. Malachite (9 gp).