Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. Her blonde hair is still thick. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. 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 Spice Merchant. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Citrine (30 gp). Coral (90 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with her god.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 23000 gp. Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Amber (140 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). White opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Amber (140 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her half smiles and hazel eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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 spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ermina 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 to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 8000 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Fire opal (1000 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Coral (70 gp). Emerald (1000 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He bought a sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Slave. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 14000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (60 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (60 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 has worked as a Barrister like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 6000 gp. Golden pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Jet (130 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Jade (130 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jet (130 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: He wears a tan vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 gp. White opal (1300 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Deep green spinel (160 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Malachite (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 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 physically well-built. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Cook. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Jet (120 gp). Black opal (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.