Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. Portia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Portia was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Portia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Greedy, Insane. Bonds: Family, Job, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp).

Description: An older man who dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Cook hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly swords and warhammers. Her brown fur is matted, messy, and big. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She got into the Scribe business at a young age. Shadow was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shadow decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and her spouse have recently divorced.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 pp. Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Amber (140 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). White opal (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Marigold is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Marigold alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Eran lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Eran was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Eran was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Farmer

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

Possessions: 12000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is typically in her Tanner uniform, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She worked as a nervous Tanner and found it very stressful. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Military, Debt. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch. 3 Alchemist’s fire. 1 Tanglefoot bags.