Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and is pretty ugly. Her crest, while still mostly copper, has prominent grey streaks. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Fletcher arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Map Maker does. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate, Artistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her brown hair down. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Bounty Hunter, who enjoyed hunting, Pyra was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Shepherd and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 17000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (80 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has red eyes.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Nykkan hails from a village terrorized by illithids. His parents were killed by illithids in a raid when he was still a young child. The illithids captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by illithids. Nykkan was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the illithids.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her hair is white and curly. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a great chef.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: 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; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Delre lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).