Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Jeweled anklet (2000 gp).

Description: 4'2" and muscular, this western woman wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Anbera was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Courier. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a crush on the local sellsword

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Professionalism. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30000 cp. Citrine (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears his silver hair down. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He was born in the south. He has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: Halfling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to halfling people

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 7000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools. 1 Silk rope. 1 Disguise kit.

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 braided into rings. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Being born in the south, 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 south 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. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ida 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 wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 16000 sp. Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Avice was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. 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. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dull white sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed scimitar, just in case. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Thea was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Fire opal (1100 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a black vest and prefers grey and brown shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He is physically well-built. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He misses his glory days as an athlete. He does not mind his job, but it is boring in comparison. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Folgûm lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Folgûm was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries a battered longbow and tarnished spear as well. Her hair is golden and very short. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Sarah hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: Sarah was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.