Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor, and carries falchions. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates drow. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Galiena was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Hematite (16 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). 1 Silk rope. 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her scimitar, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. 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 is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and revenge

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'9" and wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a whip on her belt. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gynk grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Rose (50 gp). Rose (50 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. His long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.