Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat, and is pretty ugly. Her long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Nora was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Stannor does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Through the years after Stannor was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Stannor's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Gifted from a young age, Osah studied abroad. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Osah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs.

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Addict. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She sports white long hair. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp. Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with grey slacks. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her top blue hat.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ellyjoybell will drive conversation. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her parents enrolled her in a Monk school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 pp.