Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. She is bald on top and has large chestnut tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her parents were killed by brigands in a raid when she was still a young child. The brigands captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She wears her golden hair down. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her first spouse was a Fisher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2400 gp. Blue quartz (9 gp). Rose (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear flannel. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and money/treasure

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 8 Acid flasks.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has black hair. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Elysande was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 500 gp. Zircon (40 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Quelenna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her dancing career. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic, Athletic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears skinny pants and wears a black and green robe with the hood down. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Spice Merchant but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is a Slaad in disguise. Lamlûg abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 gp. Tourmaline (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: He wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. He is physically well-built. He has moderate length silver crest. He has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Dadalan liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Depressed, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has slicked back white hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Nalaed lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She struck the Fletcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and doesn't want to be a fletcher and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

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

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a nunchaku on her belt, and she perpetually has her nunchaku ready. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 40000 cp. Deep green spinel (130 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.