Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are silver and beady.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She wears her black hair down. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 5000 sp. Hematite (9 gp). Jade (140 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has done his best to style his yellow fur to look like a famous performer. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Coral (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Peridot (30 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Jet (40 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Jade (40 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Rhodochrosite (5 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady silver eyes.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Map Maker. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Map Maker and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2500 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. The war was a terrible time for him, and Ar-Baruk does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 190 gp.