Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and green handkerchief worn on her left side. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a flapper bob. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gifted from a young age, Great studied abroad. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Being a Stylist kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a fancy blue dress. She keeps her blonde hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Born in the north to a Stylist, Leshanna learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around her shoes. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born in the east. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Bonds: Immigrant, In love, Job, Rich. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 400 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father 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; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull tan iron scale mail. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are black.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Damaia grew up listening to her father's many stories. She always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 40 pp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'9" when asserting himself. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length white hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady red eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the west. His parents were killed by orcs in a raid when he was still a young child. The orcs captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and a deep hatred of orcs

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (60 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Pink diamond (8000 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). White pearl (160 gp). White opal (400 gp). Onyx (60 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he is renowned for his bright tan suits and hats. His red hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born in a small desert village. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Arumawann fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A 5'3" eastern man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His tied-back hair is brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is braided into rings. His ears are large.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is content

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 50 gp.