Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Bowyer, who enjoyed hunting, Ida was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ida was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. After a long history of fighting, Ida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: This man does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has no hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He is baby faced.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She wears suspenders and black workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy black leather apron most of the time, and she perpetually has her flail ready. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears brown cloth garments or leather armor. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. This brown eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her childhood dream was to be a Ruler, but she was a colossal failure. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Detective for the past few years.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 30 pp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).