Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished sickle as well. Her brown hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Menny hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Terse, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 21000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 4'11" and usually wears her yellow robe and has her shortspear always slung over her shoulder. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. With bright white hair. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Maynild enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mortician for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a brown tunic with black highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Lone was born with her father's beautiful face. 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 has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 80 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp). 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his halberd, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. His black fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. 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 worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.