Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gurdis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Violet garnet (800 gp). Emerald (1300 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in an above average manner. Her crest is brass and curly. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Rezena was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 14th 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His tied-back hair is silver. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Krimmon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Healer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 2000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (30 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears professional attire, she is not a threatening figure. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Oriel was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 gp. Solid gold idol (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (130 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (130 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (40 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1400 gp).