Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her scarlet crest is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Raiann was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Raiann began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and black handkerchief worn on her left side. Her hair is short and golden. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Sellsword who has hired her part-time. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: She got into the Sellsword business at a young age. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: He wears a grey coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is black and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Tim was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but he was a colossal failure. He has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to illithids.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he wants revenge against illithids

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 160 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat, and is pretty ugly. His hair is white and curly. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Ranger school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. He was granted druidic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This northern man is abnormally tall. He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born in the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Armorer again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 6000 gp. Amber (140 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.