Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle, and is pretty ugly. Her crest, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and she feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 pp. Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Peridot (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. 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 with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Shautha has worked very hard to control her curse. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by unlife.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Dwarven artifacts is her passion; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Insane, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 600 pp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Iolite (20 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Amber (60 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Coral (60 gp).

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Debt. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1400 pp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (20 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. She is baby faced.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of brigands once and for all.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Jet (80 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (15 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears just a green suit. Her feathered hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are white.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the east were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 10000 gp. White opal (400 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Blue sapphire (400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Rock crystal (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears professional attire. She wears her golden hair up. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Red spinel (160 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Sard (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Sard (70 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is dressed in an above average manner. He has moderate length chestnut hair. His fierce white eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Mantus took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). Gold cup set with emeralds (3000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.