Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is knotted and matted. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Astaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Through the years after Beatrice was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Beatrice's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 20 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her red crest down. 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 has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Blendaeth is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Blendaeth was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 290 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her lavender fur is knotted and matted. Her eyes are copper and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.