Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. She has no crest. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. Now she works as a dancing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (4 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull green iron scale mail. She has no fur. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Fearful, Disease. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 1000 gp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His crest is short and red. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Jet (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She takes great joy in being the best Interpreter in town.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Interpreter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 500 gp. Alexandrite (900 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. She has a hunchback. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length white hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Half-Elven people; and to be a mason again

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are black and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He is a great chef.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. After coming to the age of reason, Damakos took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 900 gp. Iolite (20 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has moderate length chestnut hair. Her amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a great chef.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. 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 end her boredom; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it. His red hair is thinning but still full. His green eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson blue hat.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Berrian was born the youngest of three triplets. His parents enrolled him in a Cleric school at a young age so that he could practice his arcane talents. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 300 pp. Solid gold idol (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: Arara was born with her father's beautiful face. 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. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.