Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her monstrous two handed axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has shaved her head bald. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 8. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She uses divination through singing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ielenia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 160 gp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 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 typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her childhood dream was to be a Jeweler, but she was a colossal failure. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright yellow and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her hair is short and blonde. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Geva was born with her father's beautiful face. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. 1 Full Plate.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears a black feathered hat and black clothes. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a worn and beaten armor. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hubert will drive conversation. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the south were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1400 gp. Sard (80 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jet (40 gp). Rose (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull grey iron scale mail. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

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. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. She has moderate length brown hair. This blue eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. Galiena enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She is content.

Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.