Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Helja was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (800 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp).

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has a very tight haircut. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born in the south to a Sage, Werydd learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A gifted student she started as a Beggar, but she got bored and became a Sage. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to be a beggar again

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1100 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (70 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Ermina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. She wears her black fur down. Her eyes are copper and catlike.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Slave Trader. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Fragrant was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: A deep hatred of orcs; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her crest is red, silky, and of moderate length. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Being a Laborer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. His red crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Laborer. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Ildrex liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She is a Lamia in disguise. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Military. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Jade (160 gp).