Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her cinnamon fur is knotted and matted. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 south. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 6000 sp. Amethyst (150 gp). Malachite (5 gp). Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 13000 sp. Moss agate (4 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a pastel small hat and pastel clothes. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise yellow. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: The child of a Banker, who enjoyed hunting, Tricking was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Tricking was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 8000 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Blue diamond (6000 gp). Jade (40 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Deep green spinel (40 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Jade (40 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Hematite (10 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tattered old clothes. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker blue hat.

Personality: She is a Junk Dealer first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is an amazing painter.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She found a children's book about a Gnome Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tattered pair of loose violet pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her head has been shaved. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bricklayer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He keeps his scarlet crest in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Debt. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jade (110 gp). Sard (60 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has shaved his head bald. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Paggen hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his dancing career. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was born in the north. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Persistence. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 200 gp. Violet garnet (1200 gp). Eye agate (5 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a green shirt with thin yellow vertical stripes and green pants. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling white eyes.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Anakis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 20 gp. Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her white hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Morana lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Marshal. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and balancing her hectic life and new marshal responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 160 pp.