Description: Standing 6'2", this woman wears black trousers with brown and pastel striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brass crest is heavily combed to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Tourmaline (40 gp). Banded agate (10 gp).

Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. With bright red hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports blonde long hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Heather hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Heather abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gifted student she started as a Barkeep, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. She has worked as a Spice Merchant like her father before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has no hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Born in the west to a Assassin, Dara learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 280 gp.