Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears suspenders and brown workpants. Her shirt is grey, and she wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. 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 is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Audhild was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Audhild 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 Audhild. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Thunderstones. 1 Everburning torch. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: This woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a yellow coat. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her right hand. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman likes to wear pastel tank tops with white skirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. She sports a flattop fur cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Stylist work with an outfit from a few towns over. Stylist work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Stylist for hire.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. 4 Holy water.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing violet cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Valanthe was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2 Antitoxin. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a tan small hat and tan clothes. Her hair is golden and very short. She has a tattooed face.

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. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Roywyn alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Religious, Enemies, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 40 gp. Peridot (20 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a blue suit, tan shirt, and green tie. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Merchant arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is content; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Red garnet (50 gp). 1 Superior lock.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her ears are large.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a green collared shirt and black skirt. She accessorizes with a green scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is red and very short. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Hecat lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Tordrid isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Tordrid was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Junk Dealer, but she got bored and became a Shepherd. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp.