Description: An older woman who tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A freak accident while working with her Bellfounder mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with brown slacks. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

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 has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is short and black. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: The child of a Architect, who enjoyed hunting, Vaina was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fortune-teller for the past few years.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dull grey sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed longbow, just in case. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This woman wears a fancy brown dress, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hlin grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp).

Description: He dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of illithids

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a violet scarf. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Jarana enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Jarana was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jarana decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back silver hair. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

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 a spirit at a very young age, Ellywick has worked very hard to control her curse. She has achieved small success as a Farmer.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Terse, Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her green crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Map Maker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Farideh was born with her father's beautiful face. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: PTSD, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.