Description: She is renowned for her bright grey dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is lengthy. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

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. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Valida lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Valida was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Valida was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She became a Laborer soon after.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears bulky brown painted plate armor. He is portly but not overly obese. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has slicked back black hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born in the south to a Laborer, Oriel learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has worked as a Laborer like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a bellfounder again

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a white coat. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He sports a flattop hair cut. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 40 gp.