Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 160 pp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has no fur. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Shifting speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. 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: She got into the Courier business at a young age. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has achieved small success as a Courier.

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: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'0". She wears just a tan suit. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An older woman who is dressed in earthy colors with a black and white handkerchief worn on her right side, she is not a threatening figure. Her scarlet crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Nuthra grew up listening to her father's many stories. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'8" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears just a tan suit. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. 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: Birel was born with her father's beautiful face. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Bookbinder. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bookbinder. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 3000 gp. Silver pearl (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Ploughman. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Grai hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Grai was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 pp.