Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey Stetson hat and grey clothes. Her hair is white and very short. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. 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: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Yvonne never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's in love; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She has a very tight haircut. 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 is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She got into the Sage business at a young age. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Sage. Being a Sage kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1800 sp. Pink pearl (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).

Description: This man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Thamior was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Thamior decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2300 gp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a black vest and prefers green and pastel shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Criella grew up listening to her father's many stories. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Adept who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. 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: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp).