Description: She is lean but muscular and wears just a yellow suit. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Andraste embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Andraste abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. After a long history of fighting, Andraste and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sardonyx (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Citrine (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 5'8" and wears a brown tunic with yellow highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around his shoes. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Adelard was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He found a children's book about a Human Fighter who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature crossbow.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 110 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Emerald (700 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Jade (130 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her blue hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: Adam was born the youngest of three triplets. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Sapphire pendant on gold chain (600 gp).

Description: He wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of scimitars, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has never given up on his dancing dream.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her greataxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pyntle grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Joker, Logical, Impeccable. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (120 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a green vest and prefers black and tan shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and shortbows. His brass crest is unkempt and raggedy. 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 will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. Being a Cook 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 feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.