Description: This slender woman stands about 5'7". She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Insane. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 900 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This northern woman dresses well, wearing black shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her crest is rusty and very short. She has gold eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Arava was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Painter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with green slacks. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Bookbinder arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by gnolls. Adrik was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and revenge

Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Rich, Debt, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears baggy tan pantaloons and a white scarf. His hair is short and brown. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp).