Description: 4'3" and muscular, this western woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She has no hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valida embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. 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 was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (11 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her green crest is heavily combed to the left. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Rose (60 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Brown diamond (6000 gp). Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bilga fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Racist, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Amber (90 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A 4'2" northern woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has shaved her head bald. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She bought a club and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 18000 gp. Jet (90 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Coral (90 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Coral (90 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Black opal (1000 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Jade (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp).

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Herbalist. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Herbalist.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 11000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Gold and ruby ring (9000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears just a brown suit. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Joan was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a brown collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Kilia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Kilia was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Passionate, Justice, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.