Description: This tall, slender woman wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her brown hair is long and unkept. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Joker, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Hematite (4 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born in the north. 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 is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears brown trousers with green and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is red and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To protect his home; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 30 gp. Iolite (70 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. 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: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. 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.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She wears a white cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her kukri, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. Her tied-back hair is brown. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Obsidian (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. He has no fur. His blue 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 works hard and plays hard.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. His long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Bellfounder but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He is a Metallic Dragon in disguise. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a brown shirt, with a white mid length skirt with white tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. She has amber eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears an entirely white suit with yellow socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her head has been shaved. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Engong 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 Engong. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 150 gp.