Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Smoking fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a violet collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Lia reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Lia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: In love, Job, Military. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears grey trousers with pastel and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a worn and beaten armor. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears large thick round spectacles.

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

History: Born in the east to a Actor, Charles learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 sp. Amber (110 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is an amazing painter.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1900 sp. Malachite (14 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.