Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a fancy grey dress. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Herleva hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Dragonborn companion (her 'brother'). She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Deep blue spinel (300 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her head has been shaved. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Zanna was born the youngest of three triplets. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 3000 cp. Jade (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She wears her golden hair down. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Ilga lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bounty Hunter they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bookbinder, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She carries with her a set of axes on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp).

Description: This man wears a yellow tunic with pastel highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His brown hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Coral (90 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp).