Description: This woman wears an entirely yellow suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her right hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Unemployed who has hired her part-time. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest woman in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1200 pp. Star rose quartz (40 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Red garnet (110 gp). Amethyst (110 gp). Red spinel (110 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Azurite (4 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she very much looks the part of a Mercenary. She has styled her auburn hair well, parting it to the left. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has achieved small success as a Mercenary.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Forgetful, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 12000 gp. Red spinel (100 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. Her hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She bought a club and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 8000 gp. Silver pearl (100 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). Chrysoberyl (100 gp). Amethyst (100 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Star ruby (1000 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered red stockings. Her blue hair is braided into rings. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a Butcher, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Vapula was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Poor, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 29000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (600 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1300 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). Gold music box (4000 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2900 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1300 gp). 1 Major magic item. 1 Major magic item.

Description: She wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. She carries a battered sai and tarnished longsword as well. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). A small bag of saffron. (10 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'9" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a white vest and prefers tan and blue shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 9000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2300 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (20 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (80 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (900 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He carries with him a set of scimitars on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. He has done his best to style his red fur to look like a famous performer. His green eyes peer out from beneath his deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Detective. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 11000 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1100 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (2800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (50 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).