Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ownka took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up kukri and armor she uses now. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Unemployed. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her skin is flawless and her gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. 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: Ootah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 14 years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He found a children's book about a Half-Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He tends to his Fortune-teller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Fortune-teller and was forced into it by his family; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is typically in his Knight uniform. His white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. This red eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has achieved small success as a Knight.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1200 gp.

Description: He wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered violet stockings, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'2" when asserting himself. His hair is short and auburn. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Gimurt was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Gimurt has worked very hard to control his curse. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: This man is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gimgen embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 500 gp. Rock crystal (50 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.