Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: This woman loves painting and to teach people painting more than just about anything. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Silk rope. 1 Spyglass.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears an entirely grey suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born into a rich family. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. 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: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born in the west. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and expand his business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. Jasper (20 gp).

Description: She wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. Her moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Elysande was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Elysande abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Elysande was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).