Description: She is a husky woman, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 16000 sp. Alexandrite (1200 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries a battered crossbow and tarnished shortspear as well. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1800 sp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has white hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Makaria isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Tiefling unity. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bather born in the past three hundred years. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's also a talented Apothecary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 8000 gp. A small bag of saffron. (90 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has purple hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She takes great joy in being the best Beggar in town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She worked as a nervous Beggar and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 11000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Gold and ruby ring (7000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (70 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She usually wears her black robe and has her falchion always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a Hunter, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Farmer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Heather was born with her father's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (13 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.