Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'4" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft yellow waves gently in the breeze. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Guardian, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1500 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (40 gp).

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her black fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her gold crest is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting gnolls, the young Saphara began to lead the lost caravan. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp.