Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Valida lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her childhood dream was to be a Body Guard, but she was a colossal failure. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 120 pp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Malachite (8 gp). Hematite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. After a long history of fighting, Gynk and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Debt, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Gynk speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 5000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (60 gp).

Description: He is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His crest is black and very short. His skin is flawless and his gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. After a long history of fighting, Direcris and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 5000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (160 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (160 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 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: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Puyet hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Puyet was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and revenge

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 5000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Pink diamond (3000 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Pink pearl (150 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.

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 orange fur is still thick. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a Marshal, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shivering fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, brown shirt, and white tie, and she perpetually has her greatsword ready. She has wavy blonde hair. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Duvamil was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Duvamil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp).