Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with black colored cloaks and clothing, 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 cut short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Barrister business.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She struck the Barrister job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and balancing her hectic life and new barrister responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Bonds: Military, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 30 pp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She takes great joy in being the best Painter in town.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a black coat with violet slacks. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His first spouse was a Scribe, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, he prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Ozyman lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'8". She wears a worn and beaten armor, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She found a children's book about a Halfling Warlock who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a grey shirt, with a green mid length skirt with green tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her white hair is singed and shortened. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes. and is in decent physical shape. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Xanaphia was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Cleric, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Cleric in service of a powerful lord somewhere. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 300 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has dyed his greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 30000 cp.