Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

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 is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Mardred was born with her father's beautiful face. Mardred 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. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 15000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blue hair is matted, messy, and big. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Pyra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is mildly Half-Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Miller, who enjoyed hunting, Beatrice was taken on many hunting expeditions. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 10000 gp. Violet garnet (1500 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Blue-white diamond (5000 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Jet (90 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Brown-green garnet (90 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. She wears her dark red hair down. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Military, Adventurer, Attractive. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1300 pp. Golden pearl (150 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length purple hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Slave Trader born in the past three hundred years. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 9000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Sard (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). White opal (1100 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

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. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Malachite (13 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His gray eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Spice Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Military, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 11000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.