Description: This northern woman is typically in her Mercenary uniform. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her yellow fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. She worked as a nervous Mercenary and found it very stressful. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1700 sp. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 6 Acid flasks. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her long orange fur kept up in a rat tail. She has blue eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Great is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. His hair is red and very short. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Addict, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His black crest has been sun bleached extensively. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Persistence, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: He is a mite stocky and prefers to wear flannel. His crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are red.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a pickaxe, but if one is not available he will default to his rapier. His hair is short and black. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Barkeep arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. Coral (90 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned male wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: Heian was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Fighter, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Fighter in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2600 sp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (40 gp).