Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has wavy white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Makaria lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Coral (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: She wears black trousers with white and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her golden hair is still thick. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gifted student she started as a Fisher, but she got bored and became a Locksmith. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his auburn hair up. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born in a small desert village. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a large cave. He would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Erky took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up mace and armor he uses now. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his red robe. His gold crest is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To pay off his debts; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Debt. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1600 sp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a Spice Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.