Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Pennie is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Pennie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He tends to wear a large brown jacket. He is portly but not overly obese. His gray fur is smooth and relatively long. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 4 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Smoking never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and many illithids want him driven away

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden pearl (110 gp). Rose (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. She keeps her long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Silent wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Cleric, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. 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 done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Jeweler born in the past three hundred years. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Hlin was born the youngest of three triplets. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). 2 Tanglefoot bags.