Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her red hair is singed and shortened. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 harsh and unforgiving.

History: Ida was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Ida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she is content

Ideals: Persistence, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Balimaar was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 4000 sp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is short and chestnut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 700 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She sports silver long hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 20000 cp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp).