Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: Helja was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Her childhood dream was to be a Miner, but she was a colossal failure. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears just a brown suit. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Avelina enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Avelina was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Avelina's homeland. Avelina decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Avelina fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1000 cp. Coral (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is a mite stocky and wears bulky white painted plate armor. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. His ears are large.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: Pushkrimp was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His first spouse was a Jeweler, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and doesn't want to be a tanner and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His fur is white and curly. He is baby faced.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Leaf was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Emotional, Insane. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 120 gp. Star rose quartz (60 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, marred by chocolates. Her brown hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. 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: To find somewhere to settle down.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Slave, Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Banded agate (7 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born in the west to a Bookbinder, Raer learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: He's in love; and he wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears skinny pants and wears a violet and black robe with the hood down. His hair is cut close to his head. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. Her blonde hair is lengthy. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Eva was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Pink pearl (130 gp).