Description: She prefers to wear flannel. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shanairla grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a red tunic with violet highlights, and long brown pants that bunch up around his shoes. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He uses divination through singing.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, blue shirt, and green tie. Her golden hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Diesa hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. In her 13th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Diesa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to end her boredom

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Holy water.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her hair, while still mostly black, has prominent grey streaks. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed red hat.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Lidda's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft violet waves gently in the breeze. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her nunchaku, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Jarana was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 7 Acid flasks.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her skin is flawless and her brown eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and many gnolls want her driven away

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is physically well-built. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother 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. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a blue and yellow handkerchief worn on her left side. She carries with her a set of bastard swords on her belt, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. Her red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Soapmaker but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is an epitome of beauty. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Cora lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Herbalist, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 120 gp.