Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and she perpetually has her ceremonial dagger ready. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Ahlyssa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She has wavy black hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Beatrice was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10000 cp. Amber (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a blue coat. His silver hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it; and he wants revenge against illithids

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

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

Possessions: Just what you see.