Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has wavy auburn hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Valida was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp. Amber (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He very much looks the part of a Butcher. Sporting a silver mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 14000 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. She wears her yellow fur up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Healer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has white hair. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Gorga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and doesn't want to be a brewer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.