Description: An older woman who wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood, she is not a threatening figure. She has blonde hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is content; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'4" and likes to wear blue tank tops with yellow skirt. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a white collared shirt and red skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has slicked back blonde hair. 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 is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: In love, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 pp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 gp.