Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Banker born in the past three hundred years. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She hates illithids. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. After months of barely getting by, Cora managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: He is dressed in an above average manner. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly shortspears and swords. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. 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: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Fortune-teller arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Meriele's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.