Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She usually wears her tan robe and has her flail always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a simple brown robe with white stripes complete with hood. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her fur is white and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Gifted from a young age, Serpent studied abroad. Serpent was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Serpent decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Sage kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

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 a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her hair is short and chestnut. Her ears are large.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Hugolina has worked very hard to control her curse. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to protect her home

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Immigrant. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. Her blonde hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the north to a Courier, Sannl learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Courier responsibilities is difficult; and to be a animal trainer again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: He is a husky man, who wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with broad hat. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He hates Gnomes with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: He wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered pastel stockings. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Dilettante but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Through the years after Jabbie was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Jabbie's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 600 sp. Alexandrite (200 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. With wild brown hair. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Scribe

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

Possessions: 600 sp. Banded agate (12 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is well dressed, constantly wearing a green suit, black shirt, and pastel tie. Her gold crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Impeccable, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Debt. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2500 sp.

Description: He wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.