Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears just a tan suit. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Meriele was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Meriele was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 90 pp. Chalcedony (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Amber (50 gp).

Description: This man wears blue leather gloves, a blue jacket, and tight pants. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He found a children's book about a Gnome Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing a long, white cloak. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Nagrette has worked very hard to control her curse. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a brown deerstalker hat and brown clothes. Her red hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bookbinder who has hired her part-time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she has a crush on the local map maker

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.