Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears long strands of amethyst and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a violet feather.

Personality: Sumnes hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. Sumnes is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a sellsword and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 61. 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. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 200 gp. Chalcedony (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Kasdeya was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Kasdeya's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. He became a Detective soon after.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tabaxi culture. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Ubada is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a stableman and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2100 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.