Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is well kept. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears blue trousers with black and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Ribbles is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Ribbles abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 1100 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (110 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and carries clubs. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A freak accident while working with her Bookbinder father left her crippled. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1300 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1500 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this eastern woman sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 8000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Jasper (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. Her fur is brown and curly. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with violet slacks. Her chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born in the east to a Banker, Emeny learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Banker for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new banker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 900 pp. Black pearl (600 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise amber.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Antinua was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Ploughman. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and many brigands want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1800 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2100 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (80 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).