Description: This woman wears bulky tan painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Map Maker, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Family, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dull grey sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Bardryn was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: In love, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She stands about 5'1" and is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is still thick. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'8" and is wearing a long, black cloak. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red crest is greasy and uncared for. Her gold eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Akra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 700 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Kali enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her golden hair is well kept. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Menny grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Menny. 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears skinny pants and wears a violet and white robe with the hood down. Her Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson violet hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.