Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes are brown.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Philomena lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 250 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Valanthe fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (140 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears dull red sweaters, loose black pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. 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. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Unemployed they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and halberds. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. Being a Laborer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this northern man is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This northern woman is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears her chestnut hair down. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines silver.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is dark red, silky, and of moderate length. He is baby faced.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born in the north to a Weaver, Zephan learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. He struck the Weaver job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This woman wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her left hand. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Merchant. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her black hair is thinning but still full. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Barber for the past few years.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she wants revenge against orcs

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Military, Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 1900 sp.