Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Avice was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Dyer and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has no hair. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Locksmith arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp).

Description: An older man who wears bulky brown painted plate armor, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in the east to a Fisher, Tordek learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fisher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fisher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Fisher.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 300 gp. 6 Acid flasks. 1 Everburning torch. 2 Smokesticks. 2 Holy water.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and 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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.