Description: 5'3" and muscular, this western woman wears professional attire. Her hair is red and curly. She has violet eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Andraste hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Andraste alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Many giants want her driven away; and balancing her hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather and is in decent physical shape. His beige fur is greasy and uncared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Cask grew up listening to his mother's many stories. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she tends to wear a large green jacket. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ronobe never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 50 gp. Jet (50 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. 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 remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1300 sp. Coral (60 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears baggy grey pantaloons and a white scarf. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a worn and beaten armor and is in decent physical shape. His hair is red and curly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Jebeddo isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Gnomish unity. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 12000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Fabien is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born in a small forest village. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Backpack.

Description: An older woman who prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy purple 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 brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.