Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her golden hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Beatrice was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to unite with her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears dull brown sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case, and she perpetually has her glaive ready. She wears her white hair up. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 300 gp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp).

Description: She has a missing right arm. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her ears are large.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Eva was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.