Description: She has a missing left leg. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Balifra hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She sports red long hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 140 gp. Pink pearl (150 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an entirely blue suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This woman loves singing and to teach people singing more than just about anything. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.