Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears bulky red painted plate armor. She sports white long hair. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Paela was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40000 cp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears silk and lounges about seductively, and carries bastard swords. He wears a colorful flower in his auburn hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Through the years after Qualen was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Qualen's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. 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. Qualen fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Born to a Doctor, his father struggled to pay the bills. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Guard. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Guard.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Poor, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 sp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her crest is rusty, silky, and of moderate length. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Server. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new server responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A friendly and beautiful Dwarf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Sailor mother left her crippled. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease, Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears a black tunic with blue highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around his shoes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: Ar-Karo is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. She carries a battered ceremonial dagger and tarnished quarterstaff as well. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Jacoba hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her singing career. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and is pretty ugly. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. 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 daughter.

History: The child of a Armorer, who enjoyed hunting, Nuthra was taken on many hunting expeditions. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 280 gp.