Description: Standing 4'9", this woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. Her hair is black and very short. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She worked as a nervous Carpenter and found it very stressful. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 12000 sp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her auburn hair is still thick. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born into a rich family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (140 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'8". He prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts, and his gloved hand is found clutching a shortbow. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: A 2'9" western woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting illithids, the young Trym began to lead the lost caravan. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Rich, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2200 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a son. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Dyer

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

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her scarlet crest down. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Akra was born the youngest of three triplets. Akra abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a spice merchant and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.