Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy grey dress. Her golden hair is braided into rings. She has brown eyes.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 8000 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small white clips. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sutha was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Through the years after Sutha was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sutha's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 gp. Emerald (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Coral (100 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing writing.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp.

Description: This malnourished man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His tied-back hair is auburn. He has amber eyes.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He has worked as a Courier like his father before him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 11000 gp. Alexandrite (1100 gp). Jade (40 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Amber (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 2'10" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Spy and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Jade (110 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Jet (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has purple hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Seere was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. After a long history of fighting, Seere and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Jade (40 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Rock crystal (20 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears dull violet sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed greatsword, just in case. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. Rolen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp).