Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a scimitar on her belt. She has a hunchback. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Geva is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Geva lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a white and black robe with the hood down. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

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. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Tomph never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Oolah was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and carries longswords. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Valafar is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Valafar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Optimist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Jet (160 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: He wears a simple blue robe with brown stripes complete with hood. He is physically well-built. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Hedonist, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Eye agate (14 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.