Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears tattered old clothes. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the right. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Nija was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing a long, black cloak. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gold eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Dragonborn supremacist, though she does not identify as such. Savaran enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Joker, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has wavy silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Carpenter. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Carpenter. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Bather. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her head has been shaved. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her bronze crest is matted, messy, and big. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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

History: Hillanot was born the youngest of three triplets. A freak accident while working with her Roofer father left her crippled. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a long, green cloak. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise silver.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Forgetful. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears dull grey sweaters, loose pastel pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath his sweater he keeps a concealed bastard sword, just in case. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Darrak embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born into a rich family. He worked as a nervous Bounty Hunter and found it very stressful. 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 is greedy; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).