Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Pacifist, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This southern man wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is short and brown. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Black star sapphire (800 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with brown slacks. His fur is beige and curly. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Baker father left him crippled. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

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 black hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: She was born in the south. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the south were limited. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 900 gp.