Description: She wears a grey vest and prefers tan and white shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker grey hat.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eleanor fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: She stands about 2'8" and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 65. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Nedda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Beatrice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Being a Dilettante kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has moderate length chestnut hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Cook for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp.