Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She sports golden long hair. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is a Blacksmith first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kilia studied abroad. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She tends to her Blacksmith job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears red painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Bulzo is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He found a children's book about a Halfling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 700 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear flannel. He carries with him a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He is baby faced.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the south. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, green shirt, and red tie. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Liftrasa was born with her mother's beautiful face. At some point she was captured by illithids and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'10", this woman wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a greatsword on her belt. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Drenna was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Drenna's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This fat southern woman has a bulbous nose and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She has blue eyes and a blue hat with a black feather.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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 mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Vaina was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 11000 gp. Fire opal (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She has dyed her greying blue hair a little too much giving a sharp blue color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. 1 Medium magic item.