Description: A middle-aged woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. She has no hair. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Vaina hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. 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. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 210 pp. White opal (800 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He wears his black hair up. This white eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Mamnen lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Mamnen was young, his father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly his father dropped to the ground dead. His father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Mamnen was heart-stricken from the event, and his mother started working long hours to provde for them. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished bow as well. Her red hair is still thick. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Mary abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. During her travels, Mary and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Mary discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Mary fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She wears a tattered pair of loose green pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Markosian is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is content

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has done his best to style his white hair to look like a famous performer. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: He hates Tieflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Dwarven compassion; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.