Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Eloise was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has dyed his greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 gp. Rose (20 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Black pearl (500 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Navigator business.

History: Engong lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Engong has worked very hard to control her curse. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and doesn't want to be a navigator and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. His black hair is cut short. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: His druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, In love. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman is typically in her Blacksmith uniform. Her chestnut hair is well kept. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Bethrynna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Blacksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has achieved small success as a Blacksmith.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing her hectic life and new blacksmith responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His clothes are grease stained in places. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Purson wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Aristocrat, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Purson was born on a far southern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Spice Merchant. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 130 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.