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. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her skin is flawless and her gold eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are copper and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Sard (30 gp). 1 Average lock.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned man, he wears a grey tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Performer for the past few years.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Family, Military, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has no hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Superior lock.

Description: He is an average looking northern male in his early mid-life. He wears a worn and beaten armor. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. At some point he was captured by gnolls and was tortured. After several years of this he finally managed to escape. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 1500 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is typically in her Sailor uniform. Her silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Ermina lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She worked as a nervous Sailor and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 sp. 3 Holy water.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a bastard sword on her belt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Galiena took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up bastard sword and armor she uses now. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Baker for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp. Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She has wavy brown hair. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Veloptima was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and to protect her home

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 300 sp. Deep green spinel (110 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Blossom was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Miller. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Crown-heir. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Has a crush, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1000 cp. Star rose quartz (40 gp).