Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her axe with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and is pretty ugly. Her purple hair is greasy and uncared for. Her black eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: She is a Succubi in disguise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been helping groups of widows and orphans who have fled abusive spouses or lost their families to dire rats.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1000 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1800 gp).

Description: This light-skinned female very much looks the part of a Miner. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her white hair, when down, is lengthy. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Ermina was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. With bright white hair and a scraggly beard. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Theren grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Rose (60 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Carnelian (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp).

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. 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 has achieved small success as a Layabout.

Motivation: To be a Stableman again.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 1700 pp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (100 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (170 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady brown eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Knight and was forced into it by her family; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (70 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (140 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (70 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She wears a tan coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a grey feathered hat and grey clothes. Her silver hair is matted, messy, and big. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her divine abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mardred fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 600 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Deep green spinel (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). 1 Medium magic item.