Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly greataxes and kukris. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

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; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a longsword on her belt. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her dark red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Sardonyx (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 5'2" northern woman, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ridaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Ridaro and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (90 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1100 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp).