Description: This tall, slender woman wears a green collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her white eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Lerissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Family, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: With white face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and white tie. With bright red hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: He wears a tan coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is a Soapmaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Grigi hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Fearful, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.