Description: 3'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears a brown feathered hat and brown clothes. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Helja's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the north. At a young age her mother died while driving off some orcs. Her father being the stubborn sort decided to stay and helped train her in morningstar use. She bought a morningstar and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 pp. Alexandrite (500 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (140 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Eye agate (11 gp). Malachite (11 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Amber (140 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Blue sapphire (1000 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). Jet (140 gp). Red spinel (140 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Hematite (11 gp). Rose (20 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Onyx (20 gp). Moonstone (20 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her brass crest up. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Zykroff hails from a village terrorized by orcs. 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 got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 14000 gp. Silver ewer (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (700 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Valafar was born on a far western forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Bounty Hunter. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Insomniac, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jade (40 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Rose (30 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Zircon (30 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Jade (40 gp). Amber (40 gp). Eye agate (5 gp). Onyx (30 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.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: Arnold was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school to support his sick mother, and resented it. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 pp. A silver and pearl hairclip (50 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (5000 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 (50 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker violet hat.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Juliana was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. A freak accident while working with her Butcher mother left her crippled. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Juliana fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 3000 gp. A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (600 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (40 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (40 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1000 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (40 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He wears a colorful flower in his silver hair. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Butcher profession.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 10 years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 3000 gp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2700 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her black hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Xanaphia was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).