Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

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 also has developed a complete distrust of the Beggar profession.

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her gold crest is thinning but still full. Her skin is flawless and her red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her golden hair is cut short. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Elysande wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Actor 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; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 600 sp. Blue quartz (5 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a longbow, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. He is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around his ears. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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 Mercenary. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Tailor again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 2000 cp.