Description: 6'3" and muscular, this northern woman likes to wear black tank tops with violet skirt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 110 pp. Golden pearl (90 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Emerald (600 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body, and is pretty ugly. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats 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: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and he wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Slave, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His tied-back hair is brown. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 50 pp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her golden hair is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Ridaro hails from a village terrorized by giants. 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Carnelian (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is cut short. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.