Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has moderate length blonde hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Helen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Helen. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She very much looks the part of a Painter. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Millicent was born the youngest of three triplets. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bellfounder and was forced into it by her family; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (4 gp).