Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her brown hair is cut short. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. 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: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 360 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her blonde hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

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. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Lilli grew up listening to her father's many stories. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the east were limited. She's also a talented Guard, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 50 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Williamina isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Human unity. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Guardian. Occupation: Stylist

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

Possessions: 60 pp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. He is wearing a long, blue cloak, marred by teas. He wears a Stetson hat to cover his moderate length red hair. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Ploughman born in the past three hundred years. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His childhood dream was to be a Bellfounder, but he was a colossal failure. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Job, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1200 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Jet (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 5'5" and muscular, this western woman prefers to wear violet pants and tee shirts. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He wears a violet shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He hates giants. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the east. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortbow.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and he's looking for his big break

Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 pp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp).

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He is an epitome of beauty. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 900 pp. Eye agate (7 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Sard (80 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). Jade (160 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Coral (160 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with white slacks. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Conrad never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and he is greedy

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Family, In love. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is a great chef.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.