Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She wears her red hair down. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. 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: She comes from a rich western family. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: She tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is golden and curly. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in the north to a Server, Matilda learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman wears a tan shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her auburn hair is long and unkept. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Felosial speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Felosial hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. 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. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Sarah never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 380 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly bows and longbows. She wears her copper crest up. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. After a long history of fighting, Biri and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: 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; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1500 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fancy tan suit. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 1400 sp.

Description: This man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His green crest, when down, is lengthy. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He takes great joy in being the best Shipwright in town.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He tends to his Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His red hair is lengthy. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Mentor, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.