Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and green pants. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Mardred embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born in a small island village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'3" when asserting herself. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Bookbinder for hire.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1300 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (110 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'2" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears professional attire. He wears his yellow fur down. His green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to find somewhere to settle down

Flaws: Cynical, Forgetful, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 pp. Deep blue spinel (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Jade (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp).

Description: He wears just a black suit. He carries with him a set of hand crossbows, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his blue hair well, parting it to the right. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 2000 sp. Carnelian (50 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her red hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

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. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Georgina was born with her mother's beautiful face. 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 Junk Dealer. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Religious, Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shepherd. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. 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 filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 Shepherd. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Jezebeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Expert, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Born in the south to a Armorer, Jezebeth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Armorer. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Armorer for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Jasper (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This northern man likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. His clothes are grease stained in places. His cinnamon fur is braided into rings. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has worked as a Adventurer like his mother before him.

Motivation: Gnomish compassion; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 200 pp. Chalcedony (70 gp). Malachite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears long strands of amber and short blue dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. She has moderate length black hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.