Description: A 6'1" eastern woman, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Butcher. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: A roughly beaten golden orb (100 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She sports black long hair. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. 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: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has a long chestnut ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'6". She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her white hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She was granted druidic powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a stylist again

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Dyer mother left her crippled. 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries scythes. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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 lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Good lock.