Description: She stands about 5'1" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her black hair is knotted and matted. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Hadwisa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Beggar, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Malachite (10 gp). 4 Smokesticks.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His tied-back hair is red. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is an amazing painter.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. After coming to the age of reason, Pirithin took it upon himself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. 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: To end his boredom.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 20 pp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears bulky grey painted plate armor. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He moved out south to avoid the crime he committed. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a black coat. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her half smiles and black eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Gomory was born with her father's beautiful face. While she appears to be a normal Tiefling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: He wears grey leather gloves, a grey jacket, and tight pants. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tordek grew up listening to his mother's many stories. His family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. He saw this and took pride in his mother's willingness to do anything to win. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 190 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She was born in a small mountains village. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her kukri with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has a long red ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 360 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears silk and lounges about seductively. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Chad was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her blue hair is thinning but still full. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 110 gp.