Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has moderate length brown hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Blacksmith again; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. The war was a terrible time for her, and Puyet does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Puyet hails from a village terrorized by drow. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many drow want her driven away.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears dull yellow sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed pickaxe, just in case. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Theirastra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Theirastra abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has slicked back red hair. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Beatrice was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.