Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her auburn hair is well kept. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the south were limited. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: In love, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 48000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Blacksmith. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born in the east to a Blacksmith, Donella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 500 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair is black and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Addict, Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (13 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Jet (140 gp). Jet (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Jet (140 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: 5'9" and muscular, this southern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is red and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Althaea is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Althaea hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She married young, but lost her spouse to illithids. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Blue diamond (8000 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a grey vest and prefers yellow and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her golden hair is long and unkept. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. 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 south. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Helja lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 350 gp.