Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a violet costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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 brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

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. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, In love, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze, and carries swords. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the right. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Mella was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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. Mella fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is thinning but still full. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Dell wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Rogue, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Dell was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dell decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 gp.