Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Valida was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Herbalist hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Mentor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 9000 cp. Tourmaline (120 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, and carries shortspears. He has dyed his greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: He was born into a rich family. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Quarion fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around his shoes. His scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing music.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Mercenary. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a glaive on her belt. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair is purple and curly. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To be a Barber again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 700 gp. White pearl (90 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is physically well-built. She has shaved her head bald. Her amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Tenena lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 south. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Priest; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 90000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears skinny pants and wears a black and brown robe with the hood down. His bronze crest is long and unkept. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

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

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She carries with her a set of falchions on her belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. Her black crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. 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. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is dressed in an above average manner. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her black eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Manea grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.