Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Kristryd was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bookbinder and was forced into it by her family.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 360 pp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Red garnet (50 gp). Sard (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. Her fierce black eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 8000 cp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Golden pearl (70 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears an entirely black suit with brown socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A true patriot, Ekk would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ekk abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp.