Description: This woman wears dull green sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed nunchaku, just in case. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Farideh alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and obtaining odd cultural dragonborn artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 3000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. She keeps her lavender fur in a flapper bob. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Family, Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 3000 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A 4'7" eastern woman, she is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She has moderate length white hair. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She became a Body Guard soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1600 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (3000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is renowned for her bright red dresses and hats. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Standing 3'2", this woman prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. 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: She was raised in a forest tribe. 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 recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 gp. White pearl (60 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Rose (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Through the years after Volen was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Volen's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she has a crush on the local performer

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Iolite (70 gp). Emerald (600 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Jade (140 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Carnelian (70 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Coral (140 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).