Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her gold crest is unkempt and raggedy. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. 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; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This northern woman wears a white costume with the symbols of magic on her torso. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mason work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mason work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has worked as a Mason like her father before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1000 gp. Alexandrite (600 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His black fur is matted, messy, and big. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: Shadow hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Smokesticks.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her silver hair is well kept. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Thodris enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Adventurer

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

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Standing 5'0", this woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Grigi has worked very hard to control her curse. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Cook. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Gold and ruby ring (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Akta hails from a village terrorized by drow. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This woman wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her long white crest kept up in a rat tail. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A middle-aged man, he tends to wear a pastel poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop fur cut. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is a Knight first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Shadow was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Knight. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Banded mail. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and brown handkerchief worn on his left side. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Braak hails from a village terrorized by orcs. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by orcs. Braak was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 50 gp.