Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She is portly but not overly obese. She has shaved her head bald. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

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. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Guardian. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her long red fur is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new spice merchant responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair is smooth and relatively long. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and obtaining odd cultural dwarven artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: His left side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His auburn hair has been sun bleached extensively. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her axe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her cinnamon fur, when down, is lengthy. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker brown hat.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Bowyer arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

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.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a violet vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her violet boots flare out at the collars. She has moderate length red hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Mella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He wears a colorful flower in his gold crest. His half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Ghesh's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Military. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

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. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Sarah fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she prefers to wear flannel. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 100 sp. Red garnet (130 gp).