Description: This woman stands a little under 5'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears tattered old clothes. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with singing. She constantly tries to fill her life with singing. She takes great joy in being the best Sage in town.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. Recently the stress of being a Sage has made it difficult for her to sleep.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears an entirely black suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with pastel slacks. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Elizabeth is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She married young, but lost her spouse to dire rats. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with violet slacks. His hair is long and black with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small black clips. His beard is auburn, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.