Description: This late middle aged woman is typically in her Beggar uniform and is in decent physical shape. She has shaved her head bald. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. Tiaathque enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Beggar hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has achieved small success as a Beggar.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to be a stylist again

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor, Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has dyed her greying white crest a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver ewer (80 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born to a Knight, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Malquis 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 she wants to get laid

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has slicked back golden hair. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Pacifist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'9" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses like a well dressed Performer does. She wears her red hair up. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Emeny is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Performer. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a fancy tan dress. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants revenge against illithids; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'0" and wears a tan tunic with brown highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veloptima 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 Veloptima. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Veloptima fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries a battered greatsword and tarnished lance as well. Her hair is short and red. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Ilga was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a lance and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He is physically well-built. His moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Charles was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.