Description: Standing 5'2", this woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Dyer who has hired her part-time. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elysande grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Elysande. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: She wears a blue coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head, and she perpetually has her spear ready. Her hair is short and golden. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Stylist. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her brown hair is still thick. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Isabella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Isabella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2100 gp. Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rich purple corundum (1300 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Barbena was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Banker. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He usually wears his black robe and has his pickaxe always slung over his shoulder. He wears his brown hair up. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Glassblower who has hired him part-time. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Poor, Debt. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp. Rose (80 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear blue clothing when she does not wear armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she is content

Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She has wavy red hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This man is typically in his Cartwright uniform. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His rusty crest is knotted and matted. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

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. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cartwright. Being a Cartwright kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.