Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Barrister, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Audhild is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. A true patriot, Audhild would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Audhild grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: In love, Military, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 5000 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing pastel cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She wears her lavender fur down. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. His lavender fur has been sun bleached extensively. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He bought a morningstar and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on his left hand. His silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. 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: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears a white collared shirt and black pants. He accessorizes with a tan scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His brown hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a dull look in his gray eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Being a Miner kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1400 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (60 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (800 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (130 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp).

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing white cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Tagga lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. 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: To reunite with her absent mother.

Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Family, In love. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Aline will drive conversation. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Aline was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aline decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Extrovert, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 120 gp. White pearl (160 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman likes to wear ponchos typically of a light tan in addition to tight pants, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a white feather.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. While she appears to be a normal Gnome, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Meena never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane, Insane. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 600 gp. Citrine (50 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a green coat. He has wavy brass crest. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Dragonborn, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He's in love.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (170 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp).