Description: This slender woman stands about 3'3". She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her tied-back hair is red. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Scribe arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At some point she was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to reunite with her old friends

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 350 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this southern woman is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a colorful flower in her white crest. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Kava was born with her father's beautiful face. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Kava has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: 5'6" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a white tunic with green highlights, and long violet pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has a very tight haircut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has achieved small success as a Sailor.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He carries a battered sword and tarnished morningstar as well. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He takes great joy in being the best Blacksmith in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balimaar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.