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 auburn hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Ahlyssa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the mountains due to the painful memories there. Ahlyssa took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up sword and armor she uses now. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ahlyssa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a blue shirt with thin black vertical stripes and violet pants. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

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. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She wears her golden hair down. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Tagga was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Tagga alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Tagga was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he usually wears his yellow robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Lewis was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Lewis abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has dedicated himself to building a better village for his children.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her hair is black and curly. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She's also a talented Bellfounder, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 20 pp.