Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jacoba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Jacoba liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 130 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She prefers to wear flannel. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has auburn hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. A true patriot, Silaqui would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Slave, Military, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1500 gp. Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Roofer uniform. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the west to a Roofer, Quillathe learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She tends to her Roofer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Malachite (11 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She was raised in a mountains tribe. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Adelaide alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by illithids. Adelaide was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 1400 gp. Red spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 48000 sp.

Description: This man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on his left hand. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is his passion; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 sp. Coral (90 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Vapula hails from a village terrorized by illithids. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new roofer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 11000 cp. White pearl (70 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). 1 Antitoxin. 3 Thunderstones. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is mildly Dwarf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insane. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Amber (150 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a green shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and white pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.