Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She 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 moderate length white hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Soapmaker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 10 pp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears tattered old clothes. He wears his silver crest up. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Mreksh has worked very hard to control his curse. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears a simple yellow robe with pastel stripes complete with hood, marred by sweets. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Disciplined, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, PTSD. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 20 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: He wears a black costume with the symbols of luck on his torso. He is physically well-built. He keeps his long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tûkâ grew up listening to his mother's many stories. He found a children's book about a Half-Orc Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his chestnut hair up. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the south. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Cressel's homeland. Cressel decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Azurite (10 gp). Jet (40 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Sporting a silver mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. This green eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

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. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Georgina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. She worked as a nervous Dyer and found it very stressful. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has dyed her greying white hair a little too much giving a sharp white color. Her skin is flawless and her white eyes scan people very quickly.

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 philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Nemeia 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. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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 left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Barakas will drive conversation. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His childhood dream was to be a Marshal, but he was a colossal failure. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Cartwright for hire.

Motivation: To be a Marshal again.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1500 sp.