Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has green eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A true patriot, Conrad would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Conrad was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Job, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the right. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Crown-heir. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: He's in love; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her brown hair is lengthy. Her gold eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Akta has worked very hard to control her curse. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 300 gp. Malachite (10 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her black hair is still thick. Her green eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ranala does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Ranala was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. 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 wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Uzza and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: He wears a red collared shirt and violet pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt, and carries bastard swords. His red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are green.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a robe, a symbol of his god around his neck, and a sai on his belt. He sports a flattop hair cut. His ears are large.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Priest

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: This light-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Nora is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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: Nora lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered writing. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Navigator they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Masseuse, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.