Description: This slender woman stands about 3'1". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born in the east to a Baker, Dalaba learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Baker.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 pp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Liftrasa hails from a village terrorized by illithids. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. She has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and many illithids want her driven away

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: An older man who wears an entirely green suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes, he is not a threatening figure. His brass crest is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Mugrunden grew up listening to his father's many stories. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Rose (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who very much looks the part of a Mayor, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her first spouse was a Doctor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She became a Mayor soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Job, Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 pp. Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (150 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Locksmith, her mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Adrie fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and gnomish compassion

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 5000 gp. Chrysoprase (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has violet eyes and a white hat with a blue feather.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Hupe never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Mentor. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Amber (70 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Star ruby (800 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Star ruby (800 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'10" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray 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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1500 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Silver ewer (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.