Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has white hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

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. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tordrid grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dariff 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 Dariff. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a green cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. His scarlet crest is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise red.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: Sethrekar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Sethrekar took it upon himself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He wants revenge against illithids.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Rose (50 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears just a green suit. She wears her copper crest up. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Furrele's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 comes from a rich northern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a bellfounder and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her yellow robe. Her blue crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her orange fur is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Serpent was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Serpent's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Serpent 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is short and black. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

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. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 Dyer. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and to pay off her debts

Flaws: Cynical, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Job, Debt. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has blonde hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 16000 cp.