Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a yellow tunic with green highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Oriel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Sage, but she was a colossal failure. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean grey cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is short and chestnut. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Nalral lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is short and brown. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Seamstress born in the past three hundred years. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Eva grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Seamstress for hire.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy white hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the west were limited. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 390 gp. Red spinel (90 gp).