Description: She is a husky woman, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and red eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Unemployed mother left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 16000 cp. 4 Tanglefoot bags. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears baggy green pantaloons and a violet scarf. He has styled his red crest well, parting it to the right. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Dadalan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Peridot (70 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his amber eyes.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has worked as a Mercenary like his father before him.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and is pretty ugly. Her fur is cut close to her head. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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. Gale took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up halberd and armor she uses now. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a brown shirt with thin red vertical stripes and grey pants. His moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Through the years after Taklinn was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Taklinn's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Sellsword and was forced into it by his family; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Hematite (11 gp).