Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears white robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shortbow, but if one is not available she will default to her scimitar. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Portia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 7 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Portia never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist. Bonds: Mentor, In love. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears dull white sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed hand crossbow, just in case. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has slicked back auburn hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: An older man who wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes, he is not a threatening figure. His hair is golden and very short. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. The war was a terrible time for him, and Fivin does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Fivin was born on a far southern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Barkeep. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp.