Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her nunchaku with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Abalaba was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She worked as a nervous Bookbinder and found it very stressful. She became a Bookbinder soon after.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. Carnelian (50 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears long strands of opal and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. His gold crest is lengthy. This gold eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

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 Dilettante mother left him crippled. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (6 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Eloise alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Terse. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A 4'1" northern woman, she is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and red handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Gifted from a young age, Audhild studied abroad. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Soapmaker and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.