Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of goblins once and for all.

History: Shaena was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Shaena alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by goblins, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Persistence, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Old thin voice

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

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'0" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is short and silver. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Susannah was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. While she appears to be a normal Human, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears grey trousers with green and red striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around his ears. 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 barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in the south to a Sculptor, Galinndan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sculptor. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a armorer again

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 70000 cp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He wears his silver hair down. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Gomory has worked very hard to control his curse. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

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. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. In his 14th 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 left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 30 pp. Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with tan lining and desert motifs. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Shipwright they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Glassblower, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp.