Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care, marred by sweets. She has wavy white hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Beatrice speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Beatrice hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Beatrice never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her hair is blue and curly. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Akta was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Akta's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and dwarven compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 pp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. Her head has been shaved. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Barber they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Painter, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: She wears black trousers with tan and white striped suspenders. She wears various colorful collared shirts. She is physically well-built. Her dark red hair is matted, messy, and big. She is baby faced.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Sorath grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Sorath. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Persistence, Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the west to a Unemployed, Astaro learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Unemployed, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 9000 cp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Azurite (11 gp).

Description: This man wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on his left hand. His silver hair is knotted and matted. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are black.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Chem lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a black tunic with brown highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He saw the violence of war and the aftermath so he converted to religion and dedicated himself to non-violence.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, PTSD. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'5" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Blacksmith. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 6'6" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears baggy black pantaloons and a violet scarf. His golden hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Hork is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Miner arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Many orcs want him driven away; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 120 gp.