Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She married young, but lost her spouse to gnolls. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Black star sapphire (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Amber (80 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in a clean black cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Ahlyssa's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Ahlyssa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ahlyssa 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. Ahlyssa 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 used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Old masterpiece painting (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp).

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shields and tridents. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes illithids are coming to abduct people. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. Being a Marshal kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.