Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. Joan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Jeweler arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 20000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp).

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears a colorful flower in his chestnut hair. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: An older woman who wears a fancy brown dress, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'1". She is typically in her Apothecary uniform, and her gloved hand is found clutching a pickaxe. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Through the years after Susannah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Susannah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Expand her business; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 sp.