Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tomph was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Tomph was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She is physically well-built. With bright brown hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Bendoo has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. With bright golden hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Navigator arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Navigator.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Aquamarine (800 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp).

Description: She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She wears her green crest up. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: 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; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His brown hair is long and unkept. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40000 cp. Black opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear violet clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a long black ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 3'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has wavy blonde hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Cora took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shield and armor she uses now. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 2'9". She wears a red shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and blue pants. She has moderate length auburn hair. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 gp. Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her tied-back hair is white. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Miller and was forced into it by her family; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.