Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a white tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around her shoes, and is pretty ugly. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Vola was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Dilettante. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born in the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2600 sp. Amber (60 gp). Golden pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His golden hair is heavily combed to the right. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Elaim was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 sp. Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). Citrine (60 gp).

Description: She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'3" when asserting herself. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Oriel lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Oriel grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Oriel. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 sp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears her scarlet crest down. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.