Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. She keeps her chestnut hair in a flapper bob. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 100 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (40 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered green stockings. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and human compassion

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: An older woman who wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her half smiles and gray eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born in the west. 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 Guard. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Guard

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

Possessions: 380 gp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He typically wears green cloth garments or leather armor. His black crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. His face is scarred and worn.

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. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: Rathkran was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a Junk Dealer soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing his hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Nedda isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Halfling unity. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Nedda was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He stands about 5'5" and wears professional attire. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His golden hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and retire the richest man in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 3'1" and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has shaved her head bald. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Tawna was born with her father's beautiful face. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Slave Trader. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Tawna was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Flaws: Terse, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 sp. Red spinel (50 gp).

Description: This woman wears yellow robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scythe, but if one is not available she will default to her falchion, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her silver hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Melissa fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 50 gp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'1". He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is short and golden. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Logical, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 cp.