Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She carries with her a set of kukris, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny ruby earrings on each ear.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting goblins, the young Shivering began to lead the lost caravan. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a fancy brown suit. His fur is black and very short. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her grey leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south to a Shoemaker, Elama learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to be a servant again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Debt. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She likes to wear brown tank tops with tan skirt. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. The war was a terrible time for her, and Emma does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Emma was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Terse, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 50 pp. Coral (40 gp). 2 Acid flasks. 2 Acid flasks. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tight fitting red shirt and pants. She has styled her black hair well, parting it to the left. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She hates Halflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Half-Orc activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Half-Orc doctor. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Orc people; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 500 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In her 14th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist, Fearful, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.