Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, green, dusty cloak. Her white crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise red.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Doudra never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Poor, Military, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1500 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Rose (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Priest arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born into a rich family. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She's also a talented Engraver, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 cp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and white handkerchief worn on his right side. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Thorin is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Thorin is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He got into the Banker business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister.

Flaws: Depressed, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp. Banded agate (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: 3'6" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His green eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed blue hat.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. He found a children's book about a Gnome Cleric who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 300 pp. A small bag of saffron. (70 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears a red collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length golden hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. In her 12th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Shy, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a Merchant first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Ilga was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Jeweler they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Merchant, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 290 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and blue, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. He has moderate length blue hair. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1900 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Hematite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears baggy white pantaloons and a black scarf. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Marigold was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.