Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has wavy chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When Juliana reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She wears just a green suit. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She takes great joy in being the best Bookbinder in town.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Bookbinder for the past few years.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A 5'3" southern woman, she wears green robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy blue stubble. He tends to wear a black poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a hunchback. His blue hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are red and catlike.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. The war was a terrible time for him, and Merihim does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. When Merihim reached his early adolescence his Tiefling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 350 gp.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Priest arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. 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: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. His silver hair is lengthy. His gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This northern man likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and to share knowledge with the world

Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Good lock.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her golden hair is long and unkept. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Philantrophist, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This southern woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has slicked back golden hair. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. Emen enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Ostracized due to the divine powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and she wants revenge against orcs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 290 gp.