Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, marred by teas. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 pp. Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Rose (30 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Jet (70 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blue hair is singed and shortened. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Markosian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (30 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a tan coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Callybon was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 pp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'8". He wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around his shoes. He has a very tight haircut. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dyer.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and 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. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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. 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 wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Sard (20 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Clear bright green emerald (8000 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Rose (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1600 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Rich purple corundum (1600 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Banded agate (5 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 wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is white, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has moderate length yellow fur. Her eyes are likewise copper. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she's in love

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 pp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt, and she perpetually has her quarterstaff ready. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She got into the Actor business at a young age. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Actor for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Actor responsibilities is difficult; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue sapphire (1400 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1400 gp). Rose (70 gp). Tourmaline (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.