Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'2" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her red hair is cut short. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Joan 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; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: Moonstone (80 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a black and blue handkerchief worn on her left side. Her purple hair, when down, is lengthy. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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 Sage. She was granted psionic powers by her dying sister.

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

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Religious. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky green painted plate armor. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Body Guard born in the past three hundred years. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Astaro was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Astaro's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in an above average manner. His hair is short and golden. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the north. Tarak was born on a far northern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Cartwright. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 3'6" and wears a blue feathered hat and blue clothes. He sports a flattop hair cut. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is obsessed with his god.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. 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 has decided he is irredeemable; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

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 blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady amber eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She works hard and plays hard.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Barbena grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her youth she was a Barkeep, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger sister on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, PTSD. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Performer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and hand crossbows. He wears his black hair up in a very large beehive style do. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20 pp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her crest is cut close to her head. She has red eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered drow who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by drow. Gesrethe was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the drow.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by drow, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.