Description: A 5'0" western woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Gifted from a young age, Astaro studied abroad. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Slave Trader and was forced into it by her family; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Quilla never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 55. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Zanna is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her first spouse was a Actor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Actor they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Stableman, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). White opal (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Layabout. 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: Wants to open a new tavern; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Lazy, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 pp.