Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: This woman loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born into a rich family. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. 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: Money/treasure; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her axe. She carries a battered club and tarnished axe as well. Her fur is lavender and very short. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shadow grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shadow fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 1000 gp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Onyx (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stableman arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Stableman. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stableman for hire.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 300 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her chestnut hair is wavy and long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Oolah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and she perpetually has her longbow ready. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Heather studied abroad. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new dilettante responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 2400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His scarlet crest is thinning but still full. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

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 loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Blacksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Blacksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Blacksmith for hire.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.