Description: This slender woman stands about 3'5". She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. 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, Veloptima is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Veloptima grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Veloptima. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 130 gp. Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is physically well-built. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. This gray eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the north were limited. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born to a Sellsword, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This tall, slender woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Quillathe was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Rich, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Golden pearl (90 gp).