Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She has slicked back silver hair. Her half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. The war was a terrible time for her, and Avice does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Through the years after Avice was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Avice's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She prefers to wear flannel. Her white crest is heavily combed to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Jheri will drive conversation. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 50 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

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: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy black hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She carries a battered falchion and tarnished nunchaku as well. Her hair is short and chestnut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Murgen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.