Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her head has been shaved. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Jacoba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. After a long history of fighting, Avelina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Professionalism, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 pp. Blue quartz (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Black star sapphire (800 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This malnourished woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His divine abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 gp.