Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She is physically well-built. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a clover scrunchie. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 19000 cp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is wearing a long, grey cloak. With wild chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Shy, Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 500 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is short and auburn. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Mardred learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. White pearl (120 gp). Black opal (500 gp).

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has slicked back red hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Georgina hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Georgina never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies, In love, Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an entirely tan suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ahinar never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Rich, Military, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp).