Description: She is lean but muscular and prefers to wear flannel. She has wavy silver hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 20000 cp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Layabout. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has no hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She got into the Cartwright business at a young age. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Hadwisa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (40 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.