Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor, and is pretty ugly. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Artin 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. Artin decided she wanted neither the life of her father 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 is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His golden hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. William enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 content.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fancy violet dress. She has wavy black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Masseuse business.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Masseuse work with an outfit from a few towns over. Masseuse work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Masseuse.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and balancing her hectic life and new masseuse responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Passionate, Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Job, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has a very tight haircut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. After a long history of fighting, Georgina and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Actor. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are brown and beady.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born into a rich family. After coming to the age of reason, Galiena took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. 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: To be a Adventurer again; and expand her business

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. She is bald on top and has large auburn tufts of hair around her ears. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Kathra embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Mason arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. She has slicked back golden hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. Andraste enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Mason hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her crest is short and rusty. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She takes great joy in being the best Guard in town.

History: Hethress was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Guardian, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This woman dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with tan slacks. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the west to a Sage, Keyleth learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Keyleth 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 has achieved small success as a Sage.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 1700 sp.