Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She is physically well-built. Her hair is black and curly. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Peridot (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, marred by chocolates. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 gp. Malachite (8 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has styled her blonde hair well, parting it to the left. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has shaved his head bald. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: Roland hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and many gnolls want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.