Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and scimitars. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. After a long history of fighting, Giselle and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'7" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He keeps his long brass crest kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: This man loves music and to teach people music more than just about anything. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has never given up on his music dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1800 gp. A delicate brass dragon egg (90 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He usually wears his grey robe and has his greatsword always slung over his shoulder. He has shaved his head bald. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp. Sardonyx (20 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1200 gp. Azurite (13 gp). White pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and she perpetually has her trident ready. Her tied-back hair is red. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Glassblower work with an outfit from a few towns over. Glassblower work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Revenge; and to be a fletcher again

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 pp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has blue hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Shava grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Shava. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; 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

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He carries with him a set of axes on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Shepherd. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed tan hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Xanaphia was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her black hair is cut short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 70 gp.