Description: Standing 6'5", this woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her blue hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Shax was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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 a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 9000 gp. Tourmaline (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. Her crest is short and brass. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: Thava is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Thava was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Debt. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Dagnal enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She worked as a nervous Slave Trader and found it very stressful. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Slave Trader.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 400 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2200 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (180 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 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 (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2200 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Crown-heir. She sports chestnut long hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. 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 built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1100 pp. Eye agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Amber (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Courier arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1200 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She stands about 2'11" and wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a spear on her belt. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her tied-back hair is auburn. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Alain lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her golden hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Cecily hails from a village terrorized by orcs. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1600 pp. A small bag of saffron. (20 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (20 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.