Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a black collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has red eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She struck the Masseuse job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Citrine (50 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears many layers of old clothing at all times, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is short and silver. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Audhild 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: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her first spouse was a Dyer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She sports black long hair. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. A freak accident while working with her Masseuse father left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Full Plate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This woman dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a dull look in her red eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Markosian hails from a village terrorized by illithids. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Markosian was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 230 pp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears blue trousers with white and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. 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 has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Shanairla 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.