Description: This woman is very fat, and has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. Her auburn hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. Her hair is blue and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Sailor father left her crippled. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she is wearing a long, black cloak. Her black crest is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gold.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Megren hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 north. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull grey iron scale mail. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Halimath was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Ranger, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Ranger in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Orc companion (his 'brother'). He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is lengthy. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Ovina was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's in love

Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush, Mentor. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his crossbow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He keeps his blue hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gold.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tethren studied abroad. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Tethren fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 2 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears grey trousers with brown and green striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He got into the Laborer business at a young age. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'2" and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad tan hat.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is an amazing painter.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Banded mail.

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 typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep pastel leather and dull white iron scale mail. She has yellow fur. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She worked as a nervous Ploughman and found it very stressful. She became a Ploughman soon after.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and balancing her hectic life and new ploughman responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Red spinel (80 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.