Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Jarana was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jarana's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature whip.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Insane, Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 8000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length black hair. Her fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 Bowyer. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 12000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). Rose (70 gp). Silver pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Red garnet (90 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Emerald (1600 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and wears an entirely green suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Gardener like his father before him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (60 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Moss agate (15 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She has styled her cinnamon fur well, parting it to the right. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Rich, Military, Religious, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 11000 gp. Rose (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Sard (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black opal (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Mara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Family, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 800 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 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 (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses like a well dressed Miner does. His red hair is singed and shortened. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Miner born in the past three hundred years. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He struck the Miner job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp).