Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair is braided into rings. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Osah was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Osah's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Artistic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1200 sp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp).

Description: He is in excellent shape and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep grey leather and dull black iron scale mail. His brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are violet and beady.

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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Nalral was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his mother was employed at, doing general labor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She wears green trousers with black and tan striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blue crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her auburn hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Shepherd but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries lances. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is a great chef.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was taken from her home at a very young age. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 cp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'11" when asserting himself. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Painter. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 15000 cp. Silver pearl (110 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp).

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her white hair is long and unkept. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. The war was a terrible time for her, and Vola does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Vola was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Onyx (80 gp).

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He dresses like a well dressed Architect does. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady amber eyes.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: When he was but 6 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Akoth 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western woman dresses like a well dressed Junk Dealer does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she's repulsed by the pc

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

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 cp. Amethyst (50 gp).