Description: This eastern woman wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her beige fur is long and unkept. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Brewer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Coral (50 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length gray fur. Her green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Assassin. She became a Assassin soon after.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (60 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 pp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Hematite (9 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. 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 born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes, marred by beers. She has slicked back red hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Mardnab was taken on many hunting expeditions. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and doesn't want to be a farmer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

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 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 into a rich family. Through the years after Nora was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Nora's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and money/treasure

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 6'5", this man wears tattered old clothes. His red crest is long and unkept. He has a dull look in his red eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 13000 gp. Black pearl (200 gp). Coral (90 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Sard (70 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.