Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her crest is short and scarlet. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Thava wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp. White pearl (50 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ilde was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 140 gp. Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this western woman wears baggy tan pantaloons and a black scarf. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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 on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 220 gp. Eye agate (15 gp).