Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. She has no hair. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Slave Trader but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Through the years after Ermina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ermina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's in love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 2'9", this woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Philomena hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 8000 sp. Eye agate (13 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His crest is bronze and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Jeweler, his mother struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and expand his business

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Azurite (8 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp).

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length red hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. He struck the Assassin job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His crest is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: Heskan lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30000 cp. Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. Her black fur is long and unkept. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is typically in her Tanner uniform. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly nunchakus and monstrous two handed axes. Her bronze crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. 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-brother.

History: Born in the north to a Tanner, Mishann learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She tends to her Tanner job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Rose (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).