Description: 2'8" and muscular, this southern woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Willow is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Addict, Depressed, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her blonde hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Maiathah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 pp. Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 4'5" and prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His blonde hair is braided into rings. His brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Oloric was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 27. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. Ranala is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her first spouse was a Apothecary, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a yellow costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Justice, Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.