Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is singed and shortened. This hazel eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man tends to wear a large tan jacket and is in decent physical shape. His silver hair is still thick. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born in a small island village. Through the years after Alston was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Alston's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of lances on her belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spice Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Obsidian (5 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Amber (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a pastel vest and prefers black and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 Knight. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new knight responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with yellow colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.