Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Elf, and stands approximately 5'0". She wears a tattered pair of loose yellow pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, and her gloved hand is found clutching a shortspear. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She uses divination through singing.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Mary was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Butcher. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Balimaar and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She prefers to wear grey pants and tee shirts. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and monstrous two handed axes. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Anne was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Anne decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 4'7". She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest, and her gloved hand is found clutching a axe. She has wavy auburn hair. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to protect her home

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His gold crest is matted, messy, and big. His fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and many brigands want him driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: He is wearing a long, pastel cloak. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly monstrous two handed axes and shortspears. He keeps his gray fur in a flapper bob. His eyes are yellow.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. 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's repulsed by the PC; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long blue pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Hrathy was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hrathy decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp. Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp).

Description: 5'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Vaina was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 130 gp. Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress), and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His childhood dream was to be a Dyer, but he was a colossal failure. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Masseuse responsibilities is difficult; and expand his business

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: In love, Religious, Job. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (300 gp).