Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her hair is short and golden. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Katherine was born with her mother's beautiful face. Katherine was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Katherine decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a fancy white dress. With wild brown hair. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Vani is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Vani abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 170 pp. Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a long, blue cloak. His silver hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He uses divination through singing.

History: Rolen was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'3" and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has a very tight haircut. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Herbalist they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Cartwright, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Debt, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy beige fur. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She has a hunchback. Her fur is beige and very short. Her hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Serpent enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1400 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.