Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Gardener. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Gardener for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Cynical, Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 2'10" eastern woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Jo was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When Jo reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears long strands of amber and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length scarlet crest. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gorbundus was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly blonde, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Sensitive, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Raam was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He tends to his Hunter job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has a crush on the local brewer

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her silver hair down. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Born in the east to a Butcher, Theirastra learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She struck the Butcher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Greedy, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Amber (150 gp).

Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears black trousers with violet and brown striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She has shaved her head bald. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Oolah is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Oolah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Oolah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Depressed, Hedonist, Antagonistic. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 150 gp.