Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears baggy grey pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Elama enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Elama was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Wizard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Wizard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Elama abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Mardred was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 Spice Merchant. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small red clips. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Paela enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Paela was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her absent mother

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 3000 sp. Onyx (60 gp).