Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length rusty crest. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, In love, Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Dragonborn, and stands approximately 6'8". She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. Her crest is silver and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gesrethe hails from a village terrorized by orcs. She was taken from her home at a very young age. 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 repulsed by the PC; and a deep hatred of orcs

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Slave. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 150 gp. Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her brown hair is braided into rings. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Akta was born the youngest of three triplets. Akta was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Beggar. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 210 gp. Jade (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. Her black hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Ploughman, but she got bored and became a Baker. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Job, Has a crush, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He has a red handlebar mustache and slicked back red hair. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A freak accident while working with his Butcher mother left him crippled. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Debt. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an entirely pastel suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His fur is short and yellow. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Five 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. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Five is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A freak accident while working with his Marshal father left him crippled. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. 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 took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Gnomes in the west were limited. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her eyes are amber and beady.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Guard arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Mumpena was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Mumpena's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He wears his chestnut hair up. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Dean was born the youngest of three triplets. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

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

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Impulsive, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.