Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. Her hair is white and very short. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's in love; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She has a very tight haircut. 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 not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. She became a Sage soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it; and he is content

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 2300 gp.