Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a brown and blue robe with the hood down, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has done her best to style her brown fur to look like a famous performer. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Family. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 42000 sp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Bendoo was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a white shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She has amber eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. The war was a terrible time for her, and Tawna does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Tawna has worked very hard to control her curse. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Unemployed for the past few years.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Athletic, Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Isabella hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Brakka was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Aristocrat, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Aristocrat in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with brown slacks, and carries sais. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in the south. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Barbena fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 350 pp. Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair, while still mostly dark red, has prominent grey streaks. Her white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Sage profession.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Pyra grew up listening to her mother's many stories. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and expand her business

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: In love, Job, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is light but he possesses many tan ritualistic tattoos. He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Azurite (13 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. 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 born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents were killed by illithids in a raid when she was still a young child. The illithids captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Many illithids want her driven away.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Addict, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.