Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: Jacoba is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Jacoba reached her early adolescence her Human father 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 has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a merchant again

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This hazel eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. Her skin is dark but she possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. She very much looks the part of a Apothecary. She has wavy white hair. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to be a layabout again

Bonds: Job, Military, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears a simple white robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. 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 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: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 pp. Banded agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.