Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a long silver ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. 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. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1700 gp. Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp).

Description: She stands about 6'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Egelina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Tailor business at a young age. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Egelina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Egelina. She has worked as a Tailor like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a white shirt with thin green vertical stripes and brown pants. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He has amber eyes and a white hat with a green feather.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his youth he was a Soapmaker, and wanted to be a champion fighter when he grew up. He was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives he lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. He saw the brutality and swore off his fighting aspirations, taking his younger sister on his back after seeing his parents die, and fled the country. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Insane, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Violet garnet (900 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with blue slacks. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Dariff was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her childhood dream was to be a Guard, but she was a colossal failure. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 pp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. His hair is black and very short. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of shortbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with painting. He constantly tries to fill his life with painting. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. 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. Norkruuth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed grey hat.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp. Lapis lazuli (10 gp).