Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Half-Orcs in Ekk's homeland. Ekk decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: In love, Nature, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of maces, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: Yvonne was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and human compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With bright auburn hair and a scraggly beard. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Kelter was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bowyer. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This malnourished woman dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a blue coat with black slacks. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is content; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1900 gp. Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (90 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp).