Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak. Sporting a blonde mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has gray eyes and a red hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Altho was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Altho decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a blue Stetson hat and blue clothes. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

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 13th 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. After a long history of fighting, Ulla and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 45000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. With bright brown hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. After a long history of fighting, Numba and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's in love; and she has a crush on the local locksmith

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is black and very short. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Alice was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.