Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She carries a battered shield and tarnished bastard sword as well. She has wavy blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. Being a Fortune-teller 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 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.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Gardener who has hired her part-time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'11" and wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Diesa was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This man is very fat, and dresses like a well dressed Mayor does. His long red hair reaches down to his waist. He has gray eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has worked as a Mayor like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Disease. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 10000 sp. Citrine (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a violet coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her silver hair is cut short. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Quelenna was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Commoner, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Commoner in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a axe on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has dyed her greying orange fur a little too much giving a sharp orange color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She worked as a nervous Detective and found it very stressful. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Detective and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 70 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.