Description: This late middle aged woman wears long strands of jet and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths and is in decent physical shape. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To be a Courier again.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her fur is lavender and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Isabella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Performer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. His red hair is still thick. His eyes are white.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Mundane, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman tends to wear a large brown jacket. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her cinnamon fur is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Shivering lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden pearl (60 gp). White opal (600 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her fur, while still mostly orange, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Guard who has hired her part-time. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.