Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her long silver crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Gesrethe was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A gifted student she started as a Server, but she got bored and became a Mortician. She struck the Mortician job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1500 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: An older woman who typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Bethrynna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 sp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Jet (100 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Carnelian (20 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. She wears her black hair up. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She got into the Blacksmith business at a young age. A gifted student she started as a Locksmith, but she got bored and became a Blacksmith. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her childhood dream was to be a Barrister, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to be a barrister again

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dull black sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed shortspear, just in case. Her gold crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Furrele took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up shortspear and armor she uses now. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 400 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. Lilith enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Server

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.