Description: She is a husky woman, who has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is chestnut and curly. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: He typically wears tan cloth garments or leather armor. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: Expand his business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy blonde stubble. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and blonde. Her ears are large.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Abalaba was born the youngest of three triplets. A gifted student she started as a Layabout, but she got bored and became a Sailor. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Layabout they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Sailor, and she later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is her passion; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Philantrophist, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Blue quartz (10 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His red crest has been sun bleached extensively. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 gp. Carnelian (60 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Gynk was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting brigands, the young Gynk began to lead the lost caravan. She tends to her Architect job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 130 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: He wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He is physically well-built. His tied-back hair is brown. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 son.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the island to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the island due to the painful memories there. Erevan took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up dagger and armor he uses now. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She keeps her long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. Her ears are large.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Tiaathque was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Tiaathque's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tiaathque and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born into a rich family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp.