Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student she started as a Locksmith, but she got bored and became a Guard. She has worked as a Guard like her father before her.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and to be a locksmith again

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. He wears a colorful flower in his golden hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 3100 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Blue sapphire (700 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy chestnut stubble. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has a hunchback. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Obsidian (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his silver hair down. His blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with his Stylist father left him crippled. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Korfel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Mundane, Antagonistic. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 4000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has dyed his greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. His eyes are a pleasant silver.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his writing with anyone who is interested.

History: He was born in a small plains village. 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: Regain custody of his son; and he is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature, Military. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2400 gp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

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. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and 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

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A 6'7" western woman, she wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her first spouse was a Priest, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

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

Possessions: 140 gp. Zircon (40 gp).

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and she perpetually has her club ready. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Huru 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. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 70 pp.