Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy auburn hair. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Adventurer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1300 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Tourmaline (130 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (5 gp). Jasper (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and grey robe with the hood down. She is portly but not overly obese. Her fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Flaws: Hedonist, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (9 gp). Sard (20 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Amber (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. She has slicked back blonde hair. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born in the west. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 pp. A small bag of saffron. (80 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (40 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 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 (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1600 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp). Solid gold idol (700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (40 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears dark leathers with embroidery. Sporting a red mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. 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 giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Sybil 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1100 pp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 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.

Description: An older man who wears a grey collared shirt and tan pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, he is not a threatening figure. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Thorin liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thorin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Religious. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 7000 gp. Silver pearl (120 gp). Star ruby (600 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Red spinel (120 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Rich purple corundum (600 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Malachite (10 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp). White pearl (120 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With wild chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Cumpen is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Weaver arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 15000 gp. Red-brown spinel (130 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp).

Description: He wears long strands of jet and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 800 pp. Hematite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Sard (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Chrysoprase (70 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.