Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. She is an epitome of beauty. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the north, 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 north 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Bonds: Attractive, Family, Slave, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: Hematite (13 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a black wide-brimmed hat and black clothes. Her copper crest, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Animal Trainer. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is content; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Forgetful, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a flail, but if one is not available she will default to her rapier. She has moderate length dark red hair. Her eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Makaria was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has worked as a Scribe like her father before her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new scribe responsibilities is difficult

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Finellen grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Finellen. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

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 is greedy

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1 Breastplate.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He sports violet clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. With a patchy red beard and wild red hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Now he works as a singing tutor during his time off.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Detective and was forced into it by his family; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 pp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears long strands of opal and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are hazel.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a great chef.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and money/treasure

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 10000 cp. Malachite (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (90 gp). Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Hourglass.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His tied-back hair is chestnut. His eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Hadarai was born the youngest of three triplets. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when goblins swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair is red and curly. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 160 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). 1 Chain shirt.