Description: A 4'7" western woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson white hat.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Bendoo 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1500 sp. Coral (160 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is red and curly. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has achieved small success as a Baker.

Motivation: Expand her business; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly clubs and tridents. His blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: Golden pearl (160 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. This amber eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Dagnal is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 7000 sp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his violet eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Balimaar enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mason 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 built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 900 pp. Silver ewer (70 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a blue collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a grey scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and carries bastard swords. Her hair is blonde and very short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Arara will drive conversation. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved out east to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears suspenders and green workpants. His shirt is violet, and he wears a heavy green leather apron most of the time. He has moderate length silver hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He got into the Actor business at a young age. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She likes to wear black tank tops with red skirt. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has white crest. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jade (120 gp). Azurite (5 gp).