Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 Apothecary. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Apothecary responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has silver hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sai with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers black and blue shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Erky was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To be a Crown-heir again; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2800 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Sporting a white mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: Just what you see.