Description: This woman is very fat, and dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has wavy golden hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She has all her life been fascinated with poetry.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away.

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her black unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat. She is portly but not overly obese. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Antrara hails from a village terrorized by goblins. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, In love, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: Sard (50 gp).

Description: He wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. His golden hair is cut short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born in the north. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an entirely black suit with violet socks and a vest with buckled shoes. He carries a battered shortspear and tarnished glaive as well. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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 fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He very much looks the part of a Spice Merchant. Sporting a chestnut mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Spice Merchant born in the past three hundred years. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Spice Merchant.

Motivation: To be a Banker again; and expand his business

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a blue scarf. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He works hard and plays hard.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Vonbin abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature nunchaku.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is greedy

Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: This woman wears a worn and beaten armor, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is silver and curly. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 north. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 240 gp.