Description: Standing 4'7", this woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her long blue hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Malachite (4 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp).

Description: A 5'3" western woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her quarterstaff with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her fur is beige and curly. Her yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Emerald was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emerald was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Bardryn is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Average lock. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.