Description: She wears a grey coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head, and carries halberds. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

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. After a long history of fighting, Artin and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of illithids; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. She keeps her black fur in a flapper bob. Her yellow eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his yellow robe. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: John lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. John was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Acid flasks.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop hair cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears just a white suit, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Huru was born with her mother's beautiful face. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.