Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Human activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Human doctor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Avelina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (50 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Coral (50 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Elysande hails from a village terrorized by illithids. Through the years after Elysande was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Elysande's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Religious, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (50 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1000 gp).