Description: Standing 5'1", this woman likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her fur, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her childhood dream was to be a Sailor, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born into a rich family. 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 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: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. Iolite (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Apothecary. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Expand her business; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has styled her white crest well, parting it to the right. Her gold unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. His black fur is knotted and matted. His eyes are likewise copper.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Farmer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Tanner, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: He is greedy; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1100 gp. Banded agate (5 gp). Star ruby (1300 gp). Jade (90 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her halberd with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Willow grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. She wears a brown coat over a violet low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and black. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, marred by beers. Her white hair is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

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 married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Secretive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp).

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. He has gold eyes and a black hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Ruler arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and he desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Sensitive, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 900 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.