Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer 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 beers. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Brewer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Brewer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 800 pp. Carnelian (60 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her black fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. 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. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (12000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a grey small hat and grey clothes. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Tanner work with an outfit from a few towns over. Tanner work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Tanner for hire.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. 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. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 12000 gp. Rose (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). White opal (900 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Sard (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears skinny pants and wears a black and red robe with the hood down. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born in the west to a Apothecary, Ûkrom learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His childhood dream was to be a Mortician, but he was a colossal failure. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 4000 gp.

Description: 3'4" and muscular, this southern woman is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. 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 Animal Trainer. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 11000 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (90 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a dagger scrunchie. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. 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: Nedda was born with her father's beautiful face. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 13000 gp. White opal (1500 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Amber (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.