Description: This eastern woman is wearing a long, violet cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying east to reunite her family. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a green coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady red eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: She wears a red costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and red. She has green eyes and a red hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Tyna hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Tyna was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tattered old clothes. With wild black hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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 studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Through the years after Isabella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Isabella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. His hair is short and brown. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Bloodstone (20 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Thunderstones. 1 Smokesticks. 3 Alchemist’s fire.