Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a hunchback. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: Matilda hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Bowyer father left her crippled. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To protect her home; and expand her business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jasper (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her long dark red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Iolite (50 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and carries warhammers. She has styled her silver hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 13000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: An older woman who wears skinny pants and wears a grey and tan robe with the hood down, she is not a threatening figure. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Heather grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Heather. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 20 gp. Iolite (20 gp).

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.