Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has cinnamon fur. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1300 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has red hair. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Eye agate (13 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Iolite (20 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and is typically in her Animal Trainer uniform. Sporting a auburn mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xanaphia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Job, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.