Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. She has a hunchback. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has chestnut hair. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Euron was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 became a Barber soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1700 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her white eyes.

Personality: Verin speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She got into the Animal Trainer business at a young age. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: He is a mite stocky and is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. With a patchy brown beard and wild brown hair. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears long strands of ruby and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Ownka enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 6'1" and wears a grey collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. 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 loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her blonde hair down. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born in the west. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Star ruby (800 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. After a long history of fighting, Maynild and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 2000 cp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp).