Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is cut short. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Ermina speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He likes to wear violet tank tops with brown pants. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He hates Half-Elves with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Half-Elven conditions. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she wears a grey wide-brimmed hat and grey clothes. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

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 often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Marastyr hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. A gifted student she started as a Weaver, but she got bored and became a Shipwright. She tends to her Shipwright job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and to protect her home

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She likes to wear tan tank tops with violet skirt. With wild brown hair. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Painter. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Painter.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a black cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. His blue hair is still thick. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Andram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Guardian, Rich. Occupation: Mason

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

Possessions: 80 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Standing 5'11", this woman wears just a brown suit. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. She became a Sculptor soon after.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Ronobe was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She tends to her Layabout job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Disease, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She is an epitome of beauty. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Nikki was born with her father's beautiful face. In her youth she was a Fortune-teller, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Black pearl (600 gp). Jade (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp).