Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Matilda enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Black opal (400 gp). Tourmaline (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp).

Description: 4'9" and muscular, this northern man wears dark leathers with embroidery. His white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Scribe work with an outfit from a few towns over. Scribe work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Scribe.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 4000 gp. Malachite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a brown collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has chestnut hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

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 is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a orcs raid, leaving Kilia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 4'5". He wears a brown coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon his head. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. 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 into a rich family. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Oloric was horrified and prayed that his mother was alright. However, he heard that his mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Ruler but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered south to less war torn lands. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is renowned for his bright white suits and hats. He wears his golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. His green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has done his best to style his black hair to look like a famous performer. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 got into the Unemployed business at a young age. He worked as a nervous Unemployed and found it very stressful. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Stableman they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Unemployed, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 340 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a blue collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a violet scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He has blonde hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Enialis hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 80 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 4'2" and muscular, this southern woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a great chef.

History: Gifted from a young age, Kathra studied abroad. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to protect her home

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.