Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her auburn hair, when down, is lengthy. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Jacoba is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Seamstress.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 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 black hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her first spouse was a Hunter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 300 gp. Azurite (9 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Full Plate.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is tan, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are green and catlike.

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 able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears tattered old clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Minor magic item.