Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. Her blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a card scrunchie. Her blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. A true patriot, Jarana would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Golden pearl (110 gp). 2 Acid flasks.

Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She hates goblins. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple green line shooting up and back down. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Meriele was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Bookbinder responsibilities is difficult; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp. Sardonyx (30 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bastard sword with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a brown shirt with thin pastel vertical stripes and brown pants. His head has been shaved. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

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 uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Tim lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Adventurer they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Assassin, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 2'10". He is typically in his Miner uniform, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Elven culture. 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: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and to be a barkeep again

Flaws: Insomniac, Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 700 sp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her divine talents. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Ploughman responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 90 gp. Jet (110 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His tied-back hair is golden. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He was born in the west. His first spouse was a Blacksmith, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Adventurer, Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.