Description: She is lean but muscular and is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Ella hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She got into the Baker business at a young age. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Justice. Bonds: Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 800 gp. Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Red spinel (150 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak, marred by chocolates. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 sp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Hematite (4 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. 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 Herbalist. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 300 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.