Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears brown trousers with green and blue striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Smoking liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Smoking and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his shortspear ready. He has wavy red hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: Balam is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside his partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Maiathah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).

Description: She wears an entirely green suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length blue crest. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Actor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and money/treasure

Flaws: Fearful, Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears baggy yellow pantaloons and a violet scarf. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp.