Description: This woman wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her whip, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. In her 17th 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 found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 2400 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a red coat with blue slacks. Her purple hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep white.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Ishte was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his club with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He carries with him a set of clubs on his belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. His long blonde hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born to a Shipwright, his father struggled to pay the bills. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Emotional. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her black crest is knotted and matted. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Blendaeth hails from a village terrorized by giants. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and a deep hatred of giants

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 100 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (13 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is black and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, yellow shirt, and black tie. Her black hair is wavy and long. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 pp. Peridot (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a tight violet one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Patrick enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Gifted from a young age, Patrick studied abroad. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Patrick fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Occupation: Server

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his club, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a clover on it. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Ploughman. He struck the Ploughman job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 210 pp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. 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 irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. Onyx (40 gp).