Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With wild white hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Hadwisa was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This northern woman wears a black cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the north were limited. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time and is in decent physical shape. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. 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: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a green costume with the symbols of luck on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her silver eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Miner profession.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Spice Merchant and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 6000 cp.