Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. 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 hair is auburn and curly. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her youth she was a Knight, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in a small plains village. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Nature, Family, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 gp. Pink pearl (140 gp). Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Blacksmith father left her crippled. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. Onyx (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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 uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Rose (20 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Shield.