Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

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 is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Through the years after Matilda was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Matilda'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 she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Obsidian (5 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her head has been shaved. She has blue eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mary is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Seamstress. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is chestnut and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Gomory enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Joan was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 60 pp. Banded agate (9 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Hematite (9 gp).