Description: This late middle aged woman wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on her torso and is in decent physical shape. Her fur is yellow and curly. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Cloak hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, brown cloak, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Architect they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Gardener, and she later adopted a second daughter.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Eye agate (13 gp).

Description: He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a top hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. He has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: Amethyst (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is dressed in an above average manner, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her purple hair is still thick. Her eyes are a pleasant red.

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 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: Vapula was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Althaea's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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 Bookbinder. She has worked as a Bookbinder like her mother before her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 200 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: He wears a blue tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes, and he perpetually has his hammer ready. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with poetry. He constantly tries to fill his life with poetry. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Cockaby fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1400 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.