Description: This late middle aged woman wears just a tan suit and is in decent physical shape. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Mara was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Disease, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 6000 gp. Freshwater pearl (6 gp). White pearl (160 gp). Sard (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Blue-white diamond (2000 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rose (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (900 gp). Jade (160 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her crossbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has moderate length black hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Stableman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 12000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Brown diamond (4000 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown fur is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Black pearl (900 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Azurite (13 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Clear bright green emerald (3000 gp).

Description: She dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bounty Hunter business.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. She worked as a nervous Bounty Hunter and found it very stressful. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 pp. Amber (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Amethyst (70 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed crossbow, just in case. She keeps her red fur in a pixie cut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. After a long history of fighting, Elegant and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She very much looks the part of a Mason. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Miner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She became a Mason soon after.

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

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Jet (90 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Peridot (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He has black eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: He was born into a rich family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Many illithids want him driven away; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by illithids, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). Gold and ruby ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.