Description: She wears brown leather gloves, a brown jacket, and tight pants. She carries with her a set of spears, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Tordrid hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Tordrid alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 230 pp. Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). A small bag of saffron. (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her head has been shaved. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Agatha lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Soapmaker. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a tight fitting brown shirt and pants. His fur is cut close to his head. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Quick was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he has a crush on the local stylist

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1500 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears brown trousers with white and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts and is in decent physical shape. Her white fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. 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 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. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 3 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Smoking never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp. Chrysoberyl (50 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has no hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Myathethil wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Warlock, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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 was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has worked as a Mayor like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear flannel. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has moderate length brown hair. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quelenna is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Quelenna lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears blue cloth garments or leather armor. She is an epitome of beauty. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses like a well dressed Mason does. She has slicked back white hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Born in the west to a Mason, Hadwisa learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Mason and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Mason for hire.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 90 gp. 3 Thunderstones.