Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Valida 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 Valida. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Flaws: Mundane, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She sports chestnut long hair. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Ubada enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp).

Description: 6'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. She keeps her long white crest kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She usually wears her black robe and has her shortbow always slung over her shoulder. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her blue hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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-brother.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her childhood dream was to be a Scribe, but she was a colossal failure. She became a Blacksmith soon after.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 130 gp.