Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. 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: Gifted from a young age, Bolhild studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her blue crest is singed and shortened. Her eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Unemployed, her father struggled to pay the bills. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Courier work with an outfit from a few towns over. Courier work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Courier, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1000 gp. Red spinel (50 gp). Clear bright green emerald (5000 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Anverth will drive conversation. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Jade (150 gp).

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His golden hair is cut short. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Healer born in the past three hundred years. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 24000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears a violet shirt with thin black vertical stripes and brown pants. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is long and black with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small violet clips. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Griselda is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born at the edge of vast plains. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Extrovert, Professionalism. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is auburn and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Gomory was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Navigator does. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She found a children's book about a Dwarf Ranger who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to be a sculptor again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.