Description: She is a pot bellied northern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Matilda was born with her mother's beautiful face. When Matilda reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She struck the Brewer job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: To be a Actor again; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears blue trousers with tan and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Elama was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Elama decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Golden pearl (80 gp).

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a violet cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. His brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Rolen 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Baker, her father struggled to pay the bills. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'3" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears professional attire. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. The war was a terrible time for her, and Oriff does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a green coat with white slacks. She wears her blonde hair up. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Greedy, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 700 sp. Sard (70 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He carries with him a set of shortbows on his belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Ploughman hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Howard fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 500 sp. Rhodochrosite (10 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. Her hair is blonde and curly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She came across an abandoned tomb where she found a relic that called out to her. After picking it up she was cursed by lycanthropy.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a grey coat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has wavy black hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Giselle enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Giselle liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. After a long history of fighting, Giselle and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Nature. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: Just what you see.