Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a tan scarf. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

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. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 Painter. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's in love

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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 Farmer. She became a Farmer soon after.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her black hair is still thick. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She got into the Courier business at a young age. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Courier.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2700 sp.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). White pearl (150 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp).