Description: This late middle aged woman has the majority of her body covered in plate and is in decent physical shape. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She is baby faced.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Tailor. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a farmer again

Bonds: Enemies, Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. She keeps her copper crest in a flapper bob. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Pyxrin lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a glassblower and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1800 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Coral (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports silver long hair. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when illithids swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her father died while driving off some illithids. Her mother being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in shortbow use. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 30000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a black shirt, with a yellow mid length skirt with yellow tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her white hair down. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Gorga is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Gorga was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1000 gp. Onyx (50 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Anne was born on a far southern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Slave Trader. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She likes to wear white tank tops with tan skirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Gorga studied abroad. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, illithids burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Iolite (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Nogu is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her childhood dream was to be a Seamstress, but she was a colossal failure. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Jeweler for hire.

Motivation: To be a Seamstress again; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She is content; and expand her business

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 500 gp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a white poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Mûglûk hails from a village terrorized by illithids. In his 14th year, his parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Mûglûk alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Mûglûk was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Poor, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 sp.