Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Shanairla isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. After a long history of fighting, Shanairla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Alexandrite (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker yellow hat.

Personality: Alexandre hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Alexandre hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Alexandre alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her red hair is still thick. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Cartwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: To be a Doctor again.

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 120 gp. Silver pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears blue trousers with black and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Performer 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 is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Adelaide was born the youngest of three triplets. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Adelaide never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Bonds: Job, Family, Rich, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 sp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp).