Description: A 4'10" northern woman, she wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Andraste was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. When Andraste reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Andraste was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of gnolls

Ideals: Justice, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 340 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (150 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He sports a flattop hair cut. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: The child of a Soapmaker, who enjoyed hunting, Ashgarn was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Ashgarn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of giants

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears tattered old clothes. Her bronze crest is braided into rings. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Layabout, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Impeccable, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'1" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She uses divination through singing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 gp.