Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a green cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She keeps her white hair in a pixie cut. Her skin is flawless and her black eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered giants who tried to eat her hand. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 14000 gp. Alexandrite (1000 gp). Black opal (500 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Hematite (16 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (500 gp). Red spinel (130 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Black pearl (1000 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: She is a mite stocky and likes to wear yellow tank tops with green skirt. She wears a feathered hat to cover her moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Pacifist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. Amethyst (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a pastel and white handkerchief worn on her left side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She keeps her long beige fur kept up in a rat tail. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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 at the edge of vast plains. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She's also a talented Hunter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 700 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: This malnourished woman wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants. With wild golden hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She has had some formal music training, and achieved minor success. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Sardonyx (70 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Rose (70 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Hematite (12 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman usually wears her red robe and has her halberd always slung over her shoulder. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 92. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A true patriot, Merla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Through the years after Merla was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Merla's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Merla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1000 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). Old masterpiece painting (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She has no hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are silver.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Kallista grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 600 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1900 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (70 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Old masterpiece painting (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Jeweled anklet (1000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (600 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (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 (70 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He dresses like a well dressed Shoemaker does. His hair is white and curly. He wears an eyepatch.

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. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Heian was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has achieved small success as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Shoemaker responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 gp. Peridot (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Sard (20 gp). Jet (160 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Malachite (9 gp). White opal (1200 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Jade (160 gp).