Description: 3'4" and muscular, this northern woman wears a blue shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Poor. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp. Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Krimmon was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 200 gp. Bloodstone (60 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 5'8" and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is lengthy. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Eva fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. His hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 3000 cp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her fur, while still mostly gray, has prominent grey streaks. Her copper eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Smoking is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Smoking lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and to be a interpreter again

Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. With wild brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Sarah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She became a Painter soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp. Sard (60 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp).

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with pastel pants. His blonde hair is greasy and uncared for. His fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: He is a Lycanthrope in disguise. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 250 gp. Onyx (50 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His tied-back hair is white. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the west to a Bellfounder, Tharivol learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He became a Bellfounder soon after.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Chrysoprase (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his falchion with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His chestnut hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. Trym is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of a Layabout, who enjoyed hunting, Trym was taken on many hunting expeditions. His parents enrolled him in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that he could practice his martial talents. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Nature, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 140 gp.