Description: This dark-skinned female wears a black vest and prefers pastel and black shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is silver and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: Engong is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Gifted from a young age, Engong studied abroad. Her first spouse was a Slave Trader, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Slave Trader they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Bather, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a white coat with grey slacks. Her hair is white and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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 born in the east. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She bought a axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears just a black suit. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Creega was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she's in love

Ideals: Disciplined, Optimist. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 80 pp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Architect for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new architect responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 190 pp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He very much looks the part of a Bather. His crest is gold, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gold.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Bather arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gifted student he started as a Actor, but he got bored and became a Bather. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a actor again

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 8000 sp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Tourmaline (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Rich purple corundum (500 gp). Jade (150 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Iolite (60 gp).

Description: This woman wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on her right hand. Her black hair is heavily combed to the right. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 60 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). 1 Smokesticks. 3 Antitoxin. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: A deep hatred of drow; and revenge

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 230 gp. Coral (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a violet coat. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her small violet hat.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. The war was a terrible time for her, and Melissa does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Melissa grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Melissa grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Melissa. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1200 pp. Aquamarine (1600 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her green crest has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Findex and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 900 sp.