Description: 3'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her chestnut hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Nissa speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She likes to wear tan tank tops with green skirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'5" when asserting herself. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Meena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Meena hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Hourglass. 1 Silk rope. 1 Simple lock.

Description: This malnourished woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sarah lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sarah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Moonstone (30 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'4". She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized tan coat. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a nunchaku on his belt. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. 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: Born to a Blacksmith, his father struggled to pay the bills. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Elaim fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1300 gp. Obsidian (7 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has slicked back silver hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on his torso. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 31000 sp. Obsidian (13 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp).