Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Pennie's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Volen hails from a village terrorized by goblins. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Merchant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a ceremonial dagger, but if one is not available she will default to her flail. She is physically well-built. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 600 sp.