Description: A moderately attractive woman, she prefers to wear flannel. Her brass crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Gesrethe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gifted student she started as a Apothecary, but she got bored and became a Jeweler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold music box (1000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. He wears his blue hair up. His eyes are gold and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Raam was born with his father's beautiful face. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Cook. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. Golden pearl (70 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is dressed in earthy colors with a violet and white handkerchief worn on her right side, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bounty Hunter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A 5'9" southern man, he tends to wear a brown poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His fur is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady yellow eyes.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Sard (80 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Fistula was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Banded agate (6 gp).

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She wears her bronze crest up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. Eye agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'6". He wears a black collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. The war was a terrible time for him, and Srorthen does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Srorthen was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 240 pp.