Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and carries kukris. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She wears just a tan suit. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Racist. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he likes to wear brown tank tops with blue pants, and is pretty ugly. His fur is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insomniac, Disease. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10 pp. Malachite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An older woman who wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, she is not a threatening figure. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Arara was born the youngest of three triplets. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (7 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.