Description: Standing 6'3", this woman wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her bastard sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Dagger 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. 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: She desires power and/or immortality; and she is greedy

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1100 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (70 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He's also a talented Barber, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 50000 cp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. 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, Faral is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Faral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Crown-heir. She's also a talented Roofer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear flannel. Her auburn hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 13000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has moderate length gray fur. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Right-Handed was born with her mother's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. She has a dull look in her yellow eyes.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature flail.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Family, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her red hair, when down, is lengthy. She has white eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. 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. Some 5 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Akta never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Black pearl (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with blue colored cloaks and clothing. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates Elves with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2800 sp.