Description: This woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is smooth and relatively long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Ridaro was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Ridaro's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Ridaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears her silver hair up. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. The war was a terrible time for her, and Nurkara does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Nurkara was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature lance.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Flaws: Addict, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 70 gp.