Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'5" and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Vola was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Passionate, Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2900 gp. Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Peridot (60 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp).

Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. When Melissa reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Rendar speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was raised in a plains tribe. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Spice Merchant job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (120 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her red hair is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

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. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Emmeline has worked very hard to control her curse. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Emmeline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 gp. Malachite (10 gp). Fire opal (800 gp).

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears grey robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a club, but if one is not available she will default to her quarterstaff. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length white hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. 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: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her ears are large.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She's also a talented Laborer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Slave, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (6 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many violet ritualistic tattoos. She wears a blue vest and prefers violet and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is a great chef.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Animal Trainer. She's also a talented Assassin, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, wearing brown shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Tordrid was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 2000 gp. Iolite (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Blue star sapphire (1500 gp).

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She is physically well-built. She has black hair. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1700 gp). Carved bone or ivory statuette (20 gp).