Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Bella lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Adventurer, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Audhild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A true patriot, Audhild would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Audhild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barrister

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

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He has a hunchback. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Galinndan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sellsword. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. Black opal (700 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears baggy black pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her white hair is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Spice Merchant for the past few years.

Motivation: To be a Fortune-teller again.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. He carries a battered glaive and tarnished halberd as well. His moppish red hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the north. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Quilla grew up listening to her father's many stories. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 2000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2500 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (3000 gp). Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with pastel slacks. He has shaved his head bald. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is an amazing painter.

History: He got into the Mason business at a young age. Like his mother and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Mason. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (50 gp). Moss agate (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.