Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mara is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She tends to her Herbalist job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and balancing her hectic life and new herbalist responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1300 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Jet (130 gp). Jade (130 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, marred by teas. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has green eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Frouse is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has brown hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mayor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Mayor responsibilities is difficult; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp).

Description: This man is dressed in an above average manner, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his red crest up. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 700 sp. Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Cecily isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Half-Elven unity. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Born to a Tailor, her father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Architect hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her brown fur is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A 5'4" southern woman, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Farmer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).