Description: She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Bethrynna took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a spice merchant again

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He prefers to wear flannel. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has no hair. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Carlin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Jasper (40 gp). White opal (900 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Rose (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Agnes is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Agnes has worked very hard to control her curse. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His fur is cut close to his head. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Shadow was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He worked as a nervous Interpreter and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Fortune-teller but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born in the north to a Fortune-teller, Enna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. When Enna reached her early adolescence her Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military, In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her crest is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greatsword.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 4000 sp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp).