Description: A moderately attractive woman, 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 hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mortician but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and balancing her hectic life and new mortician responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 900 pp. Onyx (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a white and black handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Tomph was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tomph's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Tomph never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

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

Flaws: Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1300 pp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a brown vest and prefers white and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born in the west. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 900 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (70 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Cecily hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Cecily was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has blue crest. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gold eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Megren was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). Rose (80 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Hematite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Jade (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her bronze crest is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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: Perra was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 6000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.