Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: 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 inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument. 1 Superior lock.

Description: This woman wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a colorful flower in her red hair. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again.

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. Rose (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 11000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His hair is brown and curly. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Rûg learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has worked as a Bricklayer like his father before him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 900 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is dark red and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. Kali enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Kali lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Moonstone (40 gp).