Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her black hair is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When Ea reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 100 gp. Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a tan costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Andraste enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Andraste was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Pacifist, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Obsidian (13 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Beloril was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 220 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp).

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. 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: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

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

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears a simple violet robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports golden long hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Joker, Justice. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 140 gp.