Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her left hand. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a green coat. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length dark red hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Verin reached her early adolescence her Tiefling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Hedonist, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 pp. Hematite (5 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has moderate length white hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Vola speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears just a white suit. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Andry fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 pp. Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Jet (160 gp). Sard (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She has moderate length black hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 37000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born into a rich family. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Carpenter. He struck the Carpenter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 230 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'11" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 700 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.