Description: This woman is very fat, and is wearing a long, black cloak. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Ahlyssa enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 4000 sp. Citrine (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it and is in decent physical shape. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 30000 cp. Star ruby (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. She sports blonde long hair. Her eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Heather was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'0" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Millicent hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barrister. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.