Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top yellow hat.

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 moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Willow 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. Her first spouse was a Cook, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his right hand. He has styled his blue crest well, parting it to the right. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is obsessed with his god.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A 5'1" western woman, she prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has dyed her greying red hair a little too much giving a sharp red color. Her eyes are hazel.

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 is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90 gp. Banded agate (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: An older woman who wears a yellow broad hat and yellow clothes, she is not a threatening figure. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Mara enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. One day when Mara was young, her father was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her father dropped to the ground dead. Her father had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Mara was heart-stricken from the event, and her mother started working long hours to provde for them. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Tanner, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. This green eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Because his father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the north, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his mother from journeying north to reunite his family. He has achieved small success as a Weaver.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Olrok fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by his family.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 2300 sp.

Description: This woman wears a brown vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her yellow leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her brown boots flare out at the collars. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small brown clips. This hazel eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

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 wants to meet her childhood hero

Bonds: Job, Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has silver hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the east to a Sellsword, Thodris learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 10 pp.