Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is wearing a long, green cloak. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His copper crest is greasy and uncared for. His fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Donaar hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his writing career. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Ploughman profession.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 700 gp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is wavy and long. Her ears are large.

Personality: Althaea 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... The war was a terrible time for her, and Althaea does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Priest. He is physically well-built. He has chestnut hair. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Akoth grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He worked as a nervous Priest and found it very stressful. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he feels threatened by others

Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. She wears her yellow fur up. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Gifted from a young age, Great studied abroad. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. 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 grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Sage and found it very stressful. She struck the Sage job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she seems to be bored by most things

Flaws: Terse, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. His chestnut hair is still thick. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is well kept. She has amber eyes.

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 never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 cp. Tourmaline (90 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Nurkara's homeland. Nurkara decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30 pp. Zircon (80 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Blue sapphire (600 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp).