Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Thiala hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Thiala was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gifted student she started as a Server, but she got bored and became a Ruler. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To be a Server again.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and usually wears her pastel robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. Her fur is brown and curly. Her fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

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. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts, and carries glaives. Her hair is brown and curly. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She likes to wear violet tank tops with black skirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her falchion, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her tied-back hair is golden. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Beatrice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

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 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 will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 700 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Sard (60 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.