Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. Her head has been shaved. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this eastern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has silver hair. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. While she appears to be a normal Dwarf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barrister; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Military, Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has slicked back chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Ida was born the youngest of three triplets. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: An older man who wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it, he is not a threatening figure. He wears his silver hair up in a very large beehive style do. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Standing 4'2", this woman wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She has wavy golden hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Dwarven conditions. She's also a talented Barkeep, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Forgetful, Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a simple tan robe with blue stripes complete with hood. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small tan clips. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. 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: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Interpreter for hire.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and balancing her hectic life and new interpreter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.