Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She has wavy blonde hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Ilde hails from a village terrorized by orcs. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His golden hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Taklinn embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Taklinn and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 170 gp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (180 gp). 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His beige fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. His fierce yellow eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shoemaker who has hired him part-time. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Shoemaker business.

History: He was raised in a island tribe. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright violet and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Dara was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp.