Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, and is pretty ugly. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Vanchu lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 310 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'4" and wears a brown shirt with thin green vertical stripes and grey pants. With wild red hair. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Jeweler. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Jeweler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Vicky hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Jeweler hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Poor, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 700 gp. Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She has wavy brass crest. She has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length auburn hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 120 pp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a green shirt with thin red vertical stripes and white pants. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her silver eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fletcher but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He is dressed in earthy colors with a yellow and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He has a hunchback. His head has been shaved. His hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born in the east. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and he wants revenge against drow

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Naivara wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. After coming to the age of reason, Naivara took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 pp.