Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in a clean violet cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Gifted from a young age, Ermina studied abroad. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Debt, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Moonstone (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has done his best to style his chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Guardian. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her golden hair is knotted and matted. She has green eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Guard business.

History: Geva was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He is baby faced.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Chrysoprase (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose tan pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Philantrophist, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2900 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a brown vest and prefers grey and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. 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: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a red cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She carries with her a set of swords, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is still thick. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bowyer who has hired her part-time. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Euphemia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Bookbinder; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.