Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a grey shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and brown pants. Her white hair is cut short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Barber but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Eridred lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His crest is black and curly. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Srorthen and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (1000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (80 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (80 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and a wedding ring on her right hand. With bright brown hair. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. A friendly and beautiful Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Shanairla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Shanairla alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 80 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and blue handkerchief worn on her right side, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'1" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Arara hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her rapier with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Blossom was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has achieved small success as a Cook.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to be a sculptor again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His hair is black and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was born into a rich family. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a kukri, but if one is not available she will default to her glaive. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 110 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears professional attire. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned male does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is short and silver. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Soveliss's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He got into the Bather business at a young age. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has worked as a Bather like his mother before him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and expand his business

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Nature. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Carnelian (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp). 1 Antitoxin. 8 Acid flasks. 1 Antitoxin.