Description: An older woman who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Andraste was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 800 pp. Solid gold idol (200 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (170 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (170 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (170 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2100 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (90 gp).

Description: She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Jacoba was born with her mother's beautiful face. A freak accident while working with her Bellfounder mother left her crippled. She has achieved small success as a Body Guard.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 3000 gp. Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Golden pearl (120 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Clear bright green emerald (4000 gp). Star ruby (1100 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp).

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length white fur. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He hates orcs. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Glassblower, his father struggled to pay the bills. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Violet garnet (500 gp). Amber (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this eastern woman wears a simple grey robe with brown stripes complete with hood. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 5000 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Coral (60 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Azurite (9 gp). Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Jade (60 gp). Iolite (50 gp). Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Jade (60 gp). Fire opal (1400 gp). Pink pearl (60 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Jet (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. He has a long red beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Horhog abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 8000 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Malachite (12 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Golden pearl (150 gp). Chrysoberyl (150 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Shy, Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has a very tight haircut. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Shoemaker mother left her crippled. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 400 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).