Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She wears her brown hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Simple lock.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Apothecary profession.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Stableman job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He wears his red hair up. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Standing 5'6", this woman prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When Hrathy reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has wavy black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 380 gp.