Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her purple hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise black. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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. Beleth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 2 Holy water. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This man is very fat, and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep violet leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He keeps his long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his broad violet hat.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His parents enrolled him in a Barbarian school at a young age so that he could practice his psionic talents. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 sp. Coral (130 gp).

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. His ears are large.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Kugáluga lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way south. He has achieved small success as a Courier.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 70000 cp. Zircon (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'0" and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length silver hair. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear flannel. Her yellow fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 3000 gp.

Description: This western man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His clothes are grease stained in places. With bright silver hair and a scraggly beard. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: He was born in the west. Torz was born on a far western mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Glassblower. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has no hair. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short tan dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Burgell's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. Burgell enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His brown fur has been sun bleached extensively. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Serpent is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Serpent was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 9000 sp.