Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. Her red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Gunnloda was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Gunnloda took it upon herself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Artistic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This eastern woman wears white trousers with blue and grey striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports chestnut long hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: She is a Slaad in disguise. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears professional attire. She has a long auburn ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her skin is flawless and her amber eyes scan people very quickly.

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. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 350 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Azurite (12 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: She wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving 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. 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 Mason. She has worked as a Mason like her father before her.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This man wears a brown costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on his torso. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. 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: He got into the Locksmith business at a young age. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Locksmith work with an outfit from a few towns over. Locksmith work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She is physically well-built. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her fur, while still mostly lavender, has prominent grey streaks. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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 granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured, she is not a threatening figure. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sutha was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp. Rhodochrosite (12 gp). 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She sports golden long hair. She has brown eyes and a white hat with a black feather.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 160 gp. Jet (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.