Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with tan slacks. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Helja was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Helja and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Black pearl (300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, she is not a threatening figure. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting drow, the young Smoking began to lead the lost caravan. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (180 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (3000 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Nalaed was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears bulky pastel painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. His orange fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He hates illithids. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: Moon was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Moon was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Azurite (9 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Coral (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Sard (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her gold crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Sard (30 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Rose (30 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She likes to wear green tank tops with black skirt. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. A true patriot, Mastema would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Quilla was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (700 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 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.