Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports silver long hair. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Hadwisa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Hadwisa was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mayor for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 200 gp. Aquamarine (1500 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barkeep. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born into a rich family. Through the years after Katherine was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Katherine's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2900 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Malachite (12 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears bulky black painted plate armor, she is not a threatening figure. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Murgen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Weaver like her mother before her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: In love, Job, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brass crest is knotted and matted. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. After a long history of fighting, Raiann and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. Chrysoprase (40 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he wears an entirely green suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears his dark red hair up. His white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Butcher. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Butcher responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 sp. Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is mildly Gnome supremacist, though he does not identify as such. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Seebo was born with his father's beautiful face. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her purple hair is greasy and uncared for. Her silver eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.