Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and violet, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Adrie was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Jade (160 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems and is in decent physical shape. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Symma was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Symma never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (100 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: 3'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He tends to wear a large white jacket. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Wiggan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her blonde hair is thinning but still full. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp).

Description: 5'10" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears dull grey sweaters, loose blue pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed whip, just in case. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Avelina has worked very hard to control her curse. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sculptor. Her brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in a small plains village. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). During her travels, Thea and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Thea discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Thea fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Valanthe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Valanthe hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses like a well dressed Healer does. She has shaved her head bald. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Drenna was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to be a brewer again

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mialee grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Mialee. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 70 gp.