Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Herleva enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Herleva lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and carries scimitars. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Furrele fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1600 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp).

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His white hair and beard is wavy and long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: He is a Jackalwere in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and brown handkerchief worn on her right side. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her silver hair is wavy and long. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of giants once and for all.

History: She was raised in a mountains tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the mountains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle 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 mountains due to the painful memories there. Naivara took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up falchion and armor she uses now. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 800 pp. Zircon (50 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Sard (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears just a black suit, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is cut short. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Tiefling culture. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Numba was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Monk, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Monk in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Numba never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 200 gp. Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Moss agate (16 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his blue robe. His white hair is braided into rings. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He is kind towards other men and children and will generally offer men help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to him.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Chay was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. His long white fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.