Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Diesa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 unite with her brother.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1900 pp. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mortician arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. 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 struck the Mortician job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 pp. Star ruby (600 gp). Black opal (600 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Clear bright green emerald (7000 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a husky woman, who is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears a colorful flower in her golden hair. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 12000 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Rose (20 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Coral (40 gp). Black star sapphire (1300 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Silver pearl (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he wears a tan shirt, with a red mid length shorts with red tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was granted arcane powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold music box (3000 gp). Solid gold idol (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2300 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple brown robe with grey stripes complete with hood. Her white fur, when down, is lengthy. Her amber eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of a Baker, who enjoyed hunting, Shadow was taken on many hunting expeditions. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Shadow alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1700 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (8000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (130 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (8000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). 1 Major magic item.

Description: He wears a brown coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a Stetson hat upon his head. He carries with him a set of sickles, each one with a ruby on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bertram fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 4000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (100 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: She is a mite stocky and tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are brown and catlike.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has never given up on her poetry dream.

Motivation: She wants to get laid; and she's in love

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 7000 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (60 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (100 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1600 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1100 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp). A small bag of saffron. (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp).