Description: This woman stands a little under 3'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She wears a colorful flower in her silver hair. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Barbena hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a white shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them, she is not a threatening figure. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Jade (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She likes to wear white tank tops with brown skirt. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is a great chef.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. In her 18th 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 7000 gp. Iolite (80 gp). Brown diamond (5000 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Jet (40 gp). Star ruby (1600 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). White opal (1600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'8" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She has black hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She struck the Animal Trainer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to unite with her sister

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 15000 gp. Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (70 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (4000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow cloak. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. She has brown eyes and a yellow hat with a black feather.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Tourmaline (160 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jet (160 gp). Emerald (1400 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She prefers to wear flannel. Her silver hair is braided into rings. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Balifra fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She has shaved her head bald. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She got into the Locksmith business at a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (6000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (900 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (130 gp). 1 Major magic item.