Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Herbalist, her father struggled to pay the bills. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Eva was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep green spinel (70 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of a Barrister, who enjoyed hunting, Frederick was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Spice Merchant. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is his passion; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Passionate, Joker. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Mary was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp.