Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her white fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Shadow was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Shadow's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Shadow and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He carries with him a set of whips on his belt, each one with a emerald on the hilt. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alston fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Philantrophist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tattered old clothes. His brown hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Uthemar studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a large yellow jacket. His long golden hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Hadarai took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Hadarai was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and many orcs want him driven away

Ideals: Justice, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 sp. Deep green spinel (50 gp). 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her hair is white and curly. Her skin is flawless and her silver eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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: She wants revenge against giants; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 290 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 200 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he usually wears his red robe and has his spear always slung over his shoulder. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small red clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker red hat.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born in the north. Silvo was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Silvo decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 100 gp.