Description: A middle-aged woman, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on her left side. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Gardener business at a young age. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting illithids, the young Ishte began to lead the lost caravan. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's in love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She very much looks the part of a Scribe. Her hair is short and dark red. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 Scribe. She struck the Scribe job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 10 pp. A delicate brass dragon egg (50 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Immeral hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his music career. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: Immeral hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Red garnet (80 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). 5 Acid flasks.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. He has styled his gray fur well, parting it to the left. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: This man loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Bowyer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Marshal, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 4000 cp. Tourmaline (160 gp).