Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the east to a Bather, Mella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bather and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: This woman is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her blonde hair is cut short. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Werydd grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a very tight haircut. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 cp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 2 Acid flasks.

Description: She likes to wear tan tank tops with brown skirt. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While she appears to be a normal Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her flail. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Emmeline enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Emmeline was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Revenge; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Jet (160 gp). 1 Bullseye lantern.