Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Tabaxi companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Tabaxi, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. Some 2 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Dagger never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 700 sp. Amethyst (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She prefers to wear red clothing when she does not wear armor. She has chestnut hair. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Verna reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 230 gp.

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 a black costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her crest is red and curly. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. 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: Pogranix was born with her father's beautiful face. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and doesn't want to be a ruler and was forced into it by her family

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears baggy blue pantaloons and a brown scarf. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of brown, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is brown, braided, and well cared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Erky was born the youngest of three triplets. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly halberds and bastard swords. She wears her golden hair up in a very large beehive style do. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 39. 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. A true patriot, Merla would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She's also a talented Marshal, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Military, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Joker, Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 380 gp. Iolite (20 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. She sports a flattop hair cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born in the south to a Mortician, Vaina learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. While he appears to be a normal Halfling, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Insane, Secretive, Disease. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 310 gp.