Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is red and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. She has dyed her greying brown fur a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Tree hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. At a young age her mother died while driving off some gnolls. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in crossbow use. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Revenge; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively, and she perpetually has her greatsword ready. She wears her golden hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 20 pp.