Description: An older woman who wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away; and a deep hatred of illithids

Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a worn and beaten armor. His silver hair is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nalral fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 sp. Red garnet (110 gp). 4 Thunderstones.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is red and very short. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

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. The war was a terrible time for her, and Markosian does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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 feels kind of lost in life; and she is greedy

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Zircon (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Star ruby (600 gp).

Description: This man wears dark leathers with embroidery, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His crest is brass, silky, and of moderate length. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Direcris was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple blue robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Buvvie was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 10 pp. Pink pearl (50 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dwarf, and stands approximately 4'2". She wears a brown collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and her gloved hand is found clutching a hand crossbow. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Euphemia was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Euphemia took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She wants revenge against goblins; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a ceremonial dagger on his belt. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Olunt is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 sp.