Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is short and brown. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her first spouse was a Bowyer, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Baker

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and she perpetually has her hand crossbow ready. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Willow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 5'2" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is golden and curly. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his mother struggled to pay the bills. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mortician hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 500 gp. Jade (60 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her right hand. Her tied-back hair is blonde. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 70 pp.