Description: This late middle aged woman wears professional attire and is in decent physical shape. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was born in the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Engraver hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears blue trousers with tan and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. He is portly but not overly obese. He sports a long black beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against gnolls; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a red feather.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is obsessed with his god.

History: The child of a Shepherd, who enjoyed hunting, Kilvar was taken on many hunting expeditions. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 sp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull red iron scale mail. His hair is cut close to his head. He has hazel eyes and a blue hat with a red feather.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Jabbie's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. After a long history of fighting, Jabbie and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: 4'11" and muscular, this northern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. 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: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Theirastra liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. 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: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Guardian, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her silver eyes.

Personality: Shax speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Shax fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Fearful. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. She has a hunchback. Her silver hair is singed and shortened. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This woman wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She has shaved her head bald. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She hates Humans with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. 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 pair of adventurers, Hadwisa grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her druidic talents. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 60 gp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She keeps her long green crest kept up in a rat tail. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Saphara lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted arcane powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 pp.