Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'7". She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, and her gloved hand is found clutching a flail. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Jacoba lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Jacoba was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 pp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (60 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (700 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and obtaining odd cultural half-orc artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a beer of some kind. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, marred by beers. He sports a long auburn beard, and similarly colored long hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker tan hat.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 gp. White opal (1100 gp). Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a simple white robe with brown stripes complete with hood, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 gp. Bloodstone (80 gp). Pink pearl (100 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Black pearl (700 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Blue quartz (13 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Amber (100 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and white, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Halfling companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion; and balancing her hectic life and new painter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 12000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (300 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull white iron scale mail. Her fur is cinnamon, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

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 mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Alexandrite (1600 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp). Coral (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Onyx (60 gp). Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

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. Thava was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 10000 gp. Blue star sapphire (700 gp). Pink pearl (80 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Peridot (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Coral (80 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Coral (80 gp).