Description: She wears long strands of sapphire and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has a very tight haircut. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She got into the Shoemaker business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Vanchu took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This man wears professional attire. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His silver hair is thinning but still full. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Glim hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He struck the Laborer job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a yellow coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Quelenna hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents enrolled her in a Bard school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Addict. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. Obsidian (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. She has wavy auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: Maynild is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Maynild was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears suspenders and green workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. Her brown hair is lengthy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the north to a Fisher, Semyaza learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 Fisher. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Justice, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 290 gp.