Description: This younger middle-aged woman dresses like a well dressed Sage does, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has wavy red hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for her, and Avice does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She got into the Sage business at a young age. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, In love, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a illithids raid, leaving Maynild alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to illithids demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears brown trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. 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, Egelina is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A freak accident while working with her Performer mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

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

Ideals: Joker, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp.