Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has slicked back white hair. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Urshar abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears tattered old clothes. She has no hair. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 in the north. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying north to reunite her family. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Althaea was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to clean up the streets

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a blue coat. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears professional attire. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the left. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in the west to a Baker, Alston learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Job, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3100 gp.

Description: She stands about 5'7" and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She has styled her black fur well, parting it to the left. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Lone was born on a far eastern forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Map Maker. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His scarlet crest is unkempt and raggedy. His red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. The war was a terrible time for him, and Baradad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spice Merchant hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. A true patriot, Nalaed would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Carter hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 sp. Onyx (70 gp). Emerald (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp).

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She carries a battered sword and tarnished falchion as well. She wears her white hair up. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He wears suspenders and grey workpants. His shirt is blue, and he wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. He carries with him a set of hammers on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. He has no hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rolf fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 100 sp. Rhodochrosite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.