Description: This tall, slender woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her white hair is still thick. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her first spouse was a Shepherd, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by her family.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). 1 Simple lock. 1 Spyglass. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and he perpetually has his club ready. His hair is white and very short. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit. 1 Good lock.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Galiena grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Galiena. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

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

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: She wears professional attire. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her glaive, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Painter. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Painter. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 5000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (30 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (30 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp).

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple tan robe with white stripes complete with hood. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her ears are large.

Personality: Carlin is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears her brown hair down. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and carries sickles. He has no crest. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Slave Trader who has hired him part-time. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. 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 recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears dull pastel sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed ceremonial dagger, just in case. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her black fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. A gifted student she started as a Laborer, but she got bored and became a Cook. She has worked as a Cook like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is content; and doesn't want to be a cook and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears dull tan sweaters, loose brown pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed quarterstaff, just in case. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1900 sp.