Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Matilda hails from a village terrorized by drow. Matilda abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 8000 cp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs, she is not a threatening figure. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a yellow shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and black pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, he is not a threatening figure. He has wavy white hair. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Merihim lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Merihim liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 180 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp).