Description: A 3'1" northern woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are green.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Spice Merchant arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Halflings became a terror of the countryside. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a green poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Fighting. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 400 sp. Rose (50 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the west, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying west to reunite her family. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Locksmith.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 5'2" and likes to wear white tank tops with black skirt. She keeps her long chestnut hair kept up in a rat tail. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She got into the Ploughman business at a young age. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This light-skinned female is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered west to less war torn lands. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a crush on the local hunter

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Lazy, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He has styled his brown hair well, parting it to the right. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Mormo is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 18000 cp. Iolite (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he prefers to wear black clothing when he does not wear armor. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Masseuse. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he would like to get married and retire

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He has done his best to style his brown hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are brown.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Opinionated, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 9000 cp. 2 Tanglefoot bags.