Description: She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts, and carries swords. Her golden hair is well kept. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Abalaba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 11000 sp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born in the north. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker red hat.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rose grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nija will drive conversation. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Extrovert, Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2500 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her hair is red and very short. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: Wants a kiss; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.