Description: This woman wears brown trousers with green and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is still thick. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Manea liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She struck the Seamstress job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull white iron scale mail. His hair is red and curly. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Amethyst (50 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her shield, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her tied-back hair is brown. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Through the years after Nyx was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Nyx's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A 5'4" southern woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Emeny hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Emeny liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a longsword and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 300 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A freak accident while working with her Mason mother left her crippled. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

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 chestnut hair is thinning but still full. This silver eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 60 gp.