Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. She has wavy red hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A freak accident while working with her Herbalist mother left her crippled. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. Amber (50 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He is physically well-built. His crest is brass and curly. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Tailor. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red crest is lengthy. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Thava was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 100 gp. Jade (140 gp).

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with blue lining and desert motifs. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Valanthe grew up listening to her mother's many stories. When Valanthe reached her early adolescence her Elf 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 has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She is portly but not overly obese. Her rusty crest is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Spice Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Quespa was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears brown trousers with grey and green striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her orange fur is unkempt and raggedy. She has a dull look in her copper eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 320 gp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a colorful flower in his blue crest. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Bharash hails from a village terrorized by orcs. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and someone believes him a fraud

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears pastel robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a quarterstaff, but if one is not available he will default to his morningstar. His black fur has been sun bleached extensively. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is underhanded and not above using his wealth and body to get others to do his bidding.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His first spouse was a Sculptor, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His skin is flawless and his violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 310 gp.