Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a hunchback. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His hair is brown and curly. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears brown trousers with pastel and black striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is typically in her Butcher uniform. Her black hair is braided into rings. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She takes great joy in being the best Butcher in town.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 5000 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). Peridot (20 gp).