Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a fancy tan dress. She has slicked back red hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Andraste's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a Shoemaker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor, Debt, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Rock crystal (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Alex was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1900 gp. Deep blue spinel (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear brown tank tops with black pants. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. A gifted student he started as a Barber, but he got bored and became a Gardener. He struck the Gardener job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Family. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She sports blue clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: The child of a Masseuse, who enjoyed hunting, Baelitae was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. A true patriot, Theren would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an entirely grey suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. He would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Conrad took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears long strands of ruby and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. He tends to his Bowyer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: She wears brown trousers with green and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She carries with her a set of whips, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is cut close to her head. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Hlin abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 20000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She wears her silver hair up. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her parents were killed by drow in a raid when she was still a young child. The drow captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to drow demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 pp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).