Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ahlyssa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature falchion.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a fancy green suit. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. He has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Shamash was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (110 gp). A finely crafted rug of intricate, geometric designs worked with silver threading (10 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has gray fur. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 4'4" when asserting himself. He has no hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Morkral enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 sp. Rock crystal (80 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: This woman loves writing and to teach people writing more than just about anything. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Gifted from a young age, Antrara studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Antrara was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her brown hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Barkeep. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Wella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She tends to her Barkeep job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Athletic, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp). Golden pearl (50 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears her brown hair down. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 sp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This southern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Marastyr was born on a far southern island where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Bricklayer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her brown robe. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She's also a talented Farmer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Layabout responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp).