Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Gunnloda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. Her hair is red and curly. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She found a children's book about a Half-Orc Wizard 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 became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a blue costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he is content

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'7". She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears her bronze crest up. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jaxi grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, white shirt, and tan tie. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His crest is red and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He 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. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His auburn hair is singed and shortened. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady violet eyes.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Gûndza grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Some 6 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Gûndza never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on his right hand. His brown hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

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. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on his right hand. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Dwarven culture. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Orc conditions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist, Ugly. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 2600 sp.