Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long chestnut hair reaches down to her waist. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family 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. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a whip, but if one is not available he will default to his bow. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Nordak will drive conversation. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Stylist profession.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To be a Stylist again.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 gp. Onyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (1100 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is a great chef.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Breastplate. 1 Breastplate.

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears an entirely blue suit with grey socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has no hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a Shepherd, her father struggled to pay the bills. 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 east. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Family. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 1800 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Dwarves in the east were limited. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Job. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Trym is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Layabout, who enjoyed hunting, Trym was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents enrolled him in a Fighter school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a red shirt with thin black vertical stripes and pastel pants. His hair is cut close to his head. His ears are large.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Hupe was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hupe decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Carter kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 30000 cp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. He carries with him a set of halberds, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His dark red hair is braided into rings. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Bathin enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bathin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He sports a flattop fur cut. He is baby faced.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Slave, Enemies. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 400 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (40 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.