Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady black eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 1500 gp. Azurite (7 gp).

Description: She is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her beige fur in a flapper bob. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Dwarven activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Dwarven doctor. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Dwarven people; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Racist, Fearful. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her head has been shaved. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 38000 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is typically in her Spice Merchant uniform. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jillian studied abroad. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She has achieved small success as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 900 gp. Eye agate (10 gp). Red-brown spinel (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's in love; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Insane. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. Azurite (15 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has silver 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. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Shy, Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He has a large brown mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his violet robe. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His yellow fur is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Skirt was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 13000 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp).

Description: He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. He carries with him a set of sickles on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. His crest is black and curly. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: Fax was born with his mother's beautiful face. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her longbow with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 20 gp.