Description: This woman is very fat, and wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is well kept. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: Helen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This southern woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: Flame 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. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1500 gp. Malachite (5 gp). Rose (30 gp). Rose (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is well kept. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2900 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, marred by teas. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Slave, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He sports a flattop hair cut. His eyes are green and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp. Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Amber (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.