Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 gp. Sard (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. 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: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'3" and muscular, this western woman dresses like a well dressed Cook does. Her red crest is thinning but still full. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her broad green hat.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Gesrethe was born with her mother's beautiful face. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Cook for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Sard (80 gp). Obsidian (5 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a black vest and prefers white and brown shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is a great chef.

History: Armara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 12000 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (30 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (7000 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman very much looks the part of a Ruler. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Elama enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Elama was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Ruler.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 pp. Jet (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of longswords, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: A powerful brothel owner made him what he is. 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 Armorer. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Peren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). White pearl (60 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Coral (60 gp). Rock crystal (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Coral (60 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Obsidian (5 gp).

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with green slacks. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. 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 tends to her Doctor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Pink pearl (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Amber (120 gp). Onyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp).