Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She has done her best to style her red hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: Malquis was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Impeccable. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. She has slicked back red hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a Bounty Hunter first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has achieved small success as a Bounty Hunter.

Motivation: To be a Animal Trainer again.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This fat eastern man has a bulbous nose and wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on his torso. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His blonde hair is singed and shortened. He has green eyes and a grey hat with a black feather.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Orc artifacts is his passion; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Server

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Barkeep born in the past three hundred years. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has achieved small success as a Barkeep.

Motivation: To be a Animal Trainer again; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 sp. Moss agate (11 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She dresses like a well dressed Shepherd does. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her orange fur is lengthy. Her eyes are copper.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Shepherd who has hired her part-time. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She was raised in a forest tribe. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the forest to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the forest due to the painful memories there. Shifting took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up whip and armor she uses now. She has achieved small success as a Shepherd.

Motivation: She's in love; and she's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Has a crush, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His blonde hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp. Obsidian (4 gp).

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her golden hair in a pixie cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Merla lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 130 gp. Bloodstone (50 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 47. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Tagga was raised in a hard working conservative environment. 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 has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand her business

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 40 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.