Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of illithids once and for all.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was raised in a desert tribe. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

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

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears just a grey suit. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Masseuse who has hired her part-time. Griselda is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Carter. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a blue vest and prefers grey and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Born to a Engraver, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Server work with an outfit from a few towns over. Server work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Human compassion; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40000 cp.