Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1800 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His green crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Hedonist. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has black hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Through the years after Paela was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Paela's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she likes to wear brown tank tops with green skirt. Her fur is yellow, silky, and of moderate length. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. After a long history of fighting, Skirt and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 sp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she very much looks the part of a Merchant. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the right. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Vola lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Vola 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: This dark-skinned female does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. A freak accident while working with her Weaver father left her crippled. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To be a Weaver again; and to be a weaver again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 4000 sp. Rose (20 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Miller who has hired her part-time. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Bella was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 320 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He wears suspenders and tan workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. He has a hunchback. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 70 gp. Amber (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Citrine (80 gp). 1 Darkwood Buckler.