Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is wavy and long. She has brown eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Oriel was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She wears a yellow vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her yellow boots flare out at the collars. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Jacoba alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear flannel. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the east. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

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 logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.