Description: An older woman who typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. 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 wants revenge against illithids; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her eyes are gold.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy gold crest. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a hunchback. His gold crest is matted, messy, and big. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Gargax lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 390 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (110 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Vani will drive conversation. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Pennie 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 drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many drow want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 140 gp.