Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is short and white. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the north. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and many brigands want her driven away

Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a green coat with brown slacks. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fierce violet eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Gifted from a young age, Meriele studied abroad. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered north to less war torn lands. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A 3'9" northern woman, she wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Dagnal is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

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. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Dagnal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Military, Enemies, Debt. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears professional attire, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Halflings in Thea's homeland. Thea decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 2200 gp. Emerald (1600 gp). Jet (60 gp). Sard (70 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Onyx (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'3" when asserting himself. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes goblins are coming to abduct people. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.