Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Slave Trader. She has a hunchback. She has no hair. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nija was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Slave, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is an epitome of beauty. Her chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. 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 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 is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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: She is greedy.

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (80 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (7000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sickle with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. 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: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Eye agate (4 gp). Rose (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). White pearl (50 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). White opal (500 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries a battered warhammer and tarnished morningstar as well. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. After coming to the age of reason, Virra took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a blue collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a blue scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He got into the Apothecary business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Apothecary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Apothecary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (50 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (7000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (30 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'6" and dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She struck the Shepherd job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Armara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Optimist, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.