Description: Runty and weak-looking, she tends to wear a large white jacket. She has no hair. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ovak was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Spice Merchant. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature glaive.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 2000 cp. Iolite (50 gp).

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Servant. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: This tall, slender man wears tattered old clothes. His golden hair is cut short. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father.

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, yellow shirt, and grey tie. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. With bright blonde hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears baggy blue pantaloons and a green scarf. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 60 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Emerald (500 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her blue hair is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Bune lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is short and blonde. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes illithids are coming to abduct people. She takes great joy in being the best Baker in town.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 70 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. He has a hunchback. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 3000 cp. Rock crystal (70 gp).