Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she usually wears her tan robe and has her longbow always slung over her shoulder. She wears her chestnut hair down. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Andraste was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Andraste decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his black hair up. His eyes are hazel.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Justice. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His brown hair and beard is wavy and long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Criminal record, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and many giants want him driven away

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He wears his white hair down. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Reirak was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, 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 Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. His gray fur is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Flame was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Flame decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Courier kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Marastyr lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Marastyr has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Marastyr fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Good lock. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.