Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears professional attire. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Ploughman, her father struggled to pay the bills. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her tied-back hair is black. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Mortician but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Margery was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has moderate length auburn hair. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Jacoba hails from a village terrorized by giants. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, giants burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'11". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Heather was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Heather alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She struck the Crown-heir job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Crown-heir responsibilities is difficult; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 gp. Moss agate (6 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp).