Description: 4'7" and muscular, this eastern woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Joan reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 10000 cp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has violet eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Willow was born on a far western desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Locksmith. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her rusty crest is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a Spice Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Quespa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A gifted student she started as a Performer, but she got bored and became a Spice Merchant. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His brown hair is braided into rings. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Barber. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barber. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic, Logical. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 130 gp.