Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has shaved her head bald. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a black broad hat and black clothes. Her red hair is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. The war was a terrible time for her, and Semyaza does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born in the north to a Soapmaker, Semyaza learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Soapmaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Soapmaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Semyaza fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has hazel eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Theirastra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, marred by beers. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born into a rich family. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His chestnut hair and beard is wavy and long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Purban hails from a village terrorized by goblins. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by goblins. Purban was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and he wants revenge against goblins

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jet (90 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with white colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Creega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her first spouse was a Marshal, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her auburn hair up. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Actor who has hired her part-time. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She got into the Actor business at a young age. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush, Adventurer, Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp. Rose (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp).

Description: She tends to wear a white poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and she perpetually has her sickle ready. Her hair is long and white with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Harriet was born the youngest of three triplets. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This light-skinned female wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Scribe father left her crippled. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Jane was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Greedy. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.