Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears just a pastel suit. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to protect her home

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is a Seamstress first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. She worked as a nervous Seamstress and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Mortician, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her purple hair is lengthy. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Vepar is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Vepar was born the youngest of three triplets. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Hourglass.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat. Her golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Myev grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'5" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a white shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He wears a top hat to hide his balding. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the south to a Bricklayer, Tanglar learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a rapier on his belt. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. Târz enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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: He has money and likes to spend it; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is typically in his Slave Trader uniform. He has brown hair. His amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: This man loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Slave Trader arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Slave Trader for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 350 gp. Rose (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is tan, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. His golden hair is unkempt and raggedy. His ears are large.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Dain was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy auburn hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He hates Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His first spouse was a Map Maker, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Map Maker they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Roofer, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.