Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. 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 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 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: Thiala lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A 5'4" southern woman, she wears an entirely violet suit with green socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has white hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and is pretty ugly. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Tanner mother left her crippled. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tattered old clothes. He has dyed his greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. His brown eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Merchant. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Merchant. He struck the Merchant job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and he desires to right it; and to be a herbalist again

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Has a crush, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 110 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (300 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is still thick. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: The child of a Animal Trainer, who enjoyed hunting, Oolah was taken on many hunting expeditions. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her black fur is long and unkept. Her copper unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Ulla lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her crest is bronze and very short. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Farideh was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Farideh's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Farideh and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 130 gp. Zircon (20 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a fancy brown dress. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ilde does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Ilde was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Doctor they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Soapmaker, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 30 pp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (150 gp).