Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears skinny pants and wears a black and white robe with the hood down. With bright silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sage.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His hair is short and black. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Golden pearl (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This eastern woman wears a violet vest and prefers grey and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her black hair is still thick. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Bethrynna embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a Priest, her father struggled to pay the bills. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the east were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 19000 sp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born to a Brewer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xanaphia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 200 gp.