Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Veloptima was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 pp. Citrine (70 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a very tight haircut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: Bernard hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying north to reunite his family. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants revenge against orcs.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 900 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Red spinel (40 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and carries rapiers. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. This brown eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a Junk Dealer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Faral grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Faral. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family, Military. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is still thick. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Quillathe was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Carter, but she got bored and became a Slave Trader. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and to be a carter again

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 20000 cp. Banded agate (10 gp).