Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a green and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her blue robe. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Ermina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 cp. Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He has wavy auburn hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned female wears an entirely red suit with tan socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Emeny lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp).