Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 350 gp. Jade (80 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. She has wavy white hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born in the west to a Mercenary, Tordrid learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Cook again; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Rock crystal (60 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and is typically in his Ruler uniform. His hair is long and black with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Orcs.

History: He comes from a rich western family. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 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 woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with green slacks. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Sutha was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Beggar. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She stands about 4'8" and tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Rosamund grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her first spouse was a Sailor, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Waywocket hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing a tight green one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her rusty crest is braided into rings. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red-brown spinel (110 gp).