Description: This slender woman stands about 6'1". She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Herbalist. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Silver pearl (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp).

Description: This eastern man dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His clothes are grease stained in places. He wears a colorful flower in his blonde hair. His amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp. Lapis lazuli (12 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 800 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp).