Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: William was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Fortune-teller. He has worked as a Fortune-teller like his father before him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her gray eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Melissa was born with her mother's beautiful face. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Shoemaker and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and is typically in her Bather uniform. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jane isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the east to a Bather, Jane learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her childhood dream was to be a Miner, but she was a colossal failure. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To be a Miner again.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 700 gp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To be a Knight again; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 gp. Banded agate (12 gp).