Description: An older woman who wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down, she is not a threatening figure. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Barbena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Barbena 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 Barbena. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a white coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. She has silver hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Marigold embodies much of what other species detest in the Halflings. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Apothecary.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Good lock.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a yellow small hat and yellow clothes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Brewer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Navigator, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 200 gp. Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She is physically well-built. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A 3'11" western man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a long silver beard with little hanging trinkets. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her auburn hair is still thick. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. A true patriot, Myria would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Myria was born the youngest of three triplets. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Myria alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Myria and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Carnelian (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, violet cloak and is in decent physical shape. She wears her chestnut hair down. She has brown eyes and a violet hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Oriel was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Oriel never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Ella hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.