Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Halfling artifacts is her passion.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 30 gp.

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 hair is long and chestnut with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a green feather.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a lance, but if one is not available she will default to her pickaxe. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. With bright black 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: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Insomniac, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are blue and beady.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears tattered old clothes. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her golden hair is smooth and relatively long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Jacoba was born on a far southern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mason. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 400 gp. 3 Holy water.

Description: This southern woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Ahinar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Fisher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her silver hair is still thick. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Aline is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aline grew up listening to her mother's many stories. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a red costume with the symbols of the four houses of cards on her torso. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Eran was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Mayor. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.