Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are red and beady.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears just a white suit. Her hair is golden and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Merla was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature warhammer.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 140 gp. Zircon (80 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears grey trousers with brown and violet striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He keeps his silver hair in a flapper bob. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Fallond lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Optimist, Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: 6'1" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a robe, a symbol of the four houses of cards around his neck, and a quarterstaff on his belt. His dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. He has a dull look in his white eyes.

Personality: Zephan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Actor but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Zephan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 320 gp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: She wears a black small hat and black clothes, and carries bows. She wears a small hat to hide her balding. She has a dull look in her black eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She found a children's book about a Tiefling Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Armorer and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: Hematite (6 gp). Azurite (6 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has shaved her head bald. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with her Barrister father left her crippled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barrister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. This copper eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Stableman. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Cloud is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 cp. Rose (50 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'7" and is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born into a rich family. Aline was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Aline decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Merchant 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: Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 40 pp. Moss agate (7 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. 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 does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Bilga was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 30 gp.