Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Makaria liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses like a well dressed Stableman does. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Elizabeth is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gifted student she started as a Barkeep, but she got bored and became a Stableman. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Job, Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is portly but not overly obese. Her copper crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her feathered black hat.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. A true patriot, Savaran would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Savaran grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Savaran. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1100 gp. Moss agate (14 gp). Jet (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'3", this woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Mialee was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Amethyst (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Buckler.