Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears tattered old clothes. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears an entirely green suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His long red crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Adrex's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Adrex was born on a far western island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 pp. Violet garnet (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Onyx (30 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a white collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aasathra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp.

Description: He wears a green small hat and green clothes. He keeps his blue hair in a flapper bob. His ears are large.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Energy wise he seems alert and responsive.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To be a Body Guard again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 pp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Sybil has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This western woman wears a violet tunic with black highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. One day when Ahlyssa was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Ahlyssa was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. After a long history of fighting, Ahlyssa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'4". She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe, and her gloved hand is found clutching a spear. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. The war was a terrible time for her, and Giselle does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. When Giselle reached her early adolescence her Human mother 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Mentor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Sard (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is short and black. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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 has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver pearl (50 gp).