Description: This late middle aged woman wears tattered old clothes and is in decent physical shape. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has styled her red fur well, parting it to the left. Her copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She has a missing right arm. She is dressed in an above average manner. She wears her yellow fur up. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her small brown hat.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. 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. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She sports red long hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Artistic, Gifted, Impeccable. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a desert tribe. 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 Mercenary. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She keeps her long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are likewise silver. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Bookbinder job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (600 gp). Black star sapphire (700 gp). Citrine (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears her blue crest up. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She sports chestnut long hair. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Andraste lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1200 sp. Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears dull brown sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case. She has wavy silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Gnomish companion (her 'brother'). She became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: She is greedy; and wants her loneliness to end

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.