Description: This northern woman typically wears red cloth garments or leather armor. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. Her ears are large.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: 3'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He found a children's book about a Gnome Cleric 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 was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 pp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 71. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 pp. Citrine (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Fire opal (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a white coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of shields on his belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. His auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Slave Trader hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a black collared shirt and white skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Drenna grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 30000 cp. Azurite (11 gp).

Description: A 3'1" southern woman, she wears just a white suit. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Junk Dealer, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 60 gp.