Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nora was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; 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

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Braak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To protect his home.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 600 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (90 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is wearing a long, black cloak. She wears her auburn hair up. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Gardener they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Scribe, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Antagonistic, Greedy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Silver ewer (20 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (200 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. He very much looks the part of a Servant. He has a hunchback. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 8000 sp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He has a large violet mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his green robe. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His gray fur, when down, is lengthy. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Pelt was born with his father's beautiful face. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Fisher. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. His hair is auburn, silky, and of moderate length. His amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Mercenary who has hired him part-time. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. A freak accident while working with his Animal Trainer mother left him crippled. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Animal Trainer. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he's in love

Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Military. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her glaive with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears her blonde hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. The war was a terrible time for her, and Willow does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Willow was taken on many hunting expeditions. Willow abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. 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 desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

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. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Kilia is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born in the north to a Bowyer, Kilia learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Bowyer and found it very stressful. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1400 gp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Jet (70 gp).