Description: She has a missing left leg. She wears a black tunic with white highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Joan was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her green leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has moderate length white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Her religion dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She sports black long hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born to a Barber, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a green collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt and is in decent physical shape. She has slicked back golden hair. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Military, In love. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.