Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her white hair is cut short. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born in the north. Mara was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Actor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a blue vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is physically well-built. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. The war was a terrible time for him, and Halimath does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Sensitive, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 90 pp. Tourmaline (70 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Shanairla's homeland. Shanairla decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. After a long history of fighting, Shanairla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born in a small island village. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a fancy violet dress. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Mella was born with her mother's beautiful face. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 gp. Citrine (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Sard (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1300 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is baby faced.

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 always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Map Maker business.

History: Anakis was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Her addictions have taken their toll on her wallet, and she has found herself with a great deal of debt owed.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and obtaining odd cultural elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 8000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a blue collared shirt and yellow skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, she is not a threatening figure. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Drusilia is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

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. After coming to the age of reason, Drusilia took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 8000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp).