Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her halberd. She has done her best to style her lavender fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Shivering alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by giants. Shivering was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a spear on his belt. His hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Aust enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in the north. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Revenge; and halfling compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 11000 gp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Fire opal (1500 gp). Violet garnet (400 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 has achieved small success as a Painter.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Job, Nature, Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 1000 pp. Gold cup set with emeralds (2000 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is renowned for her bright tan dresses and hats. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. 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 a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Chaedi liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a ploughman again

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Amber (140 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the left. She has green eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Body Guard for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Amethyst (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Tourmaline (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Jet (90 gp). Jade (90 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge, and he perpetually has his club ready. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Erias is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is an amazing painter.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His parents enrolled him in a Druid school at a young age so that he could practice his druidic talents. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 9000 gp. Jet (120 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Azurite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is an amazing painter.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Dilettante hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She's also a talented Herbalist, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Red garnet (140 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Eye agate (9 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).