Description: She wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Andraste hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Bonds: Family, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Orla is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Orla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many brigands want her driven away; and she wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 9000 sp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an entirely grey suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Dalgal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a shortspear and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has dyed her greying copper crest a little too much giving a sharp copper color. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and carries greatswords. His red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 900 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).