Description: A 5'7" southern woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her silver hair is lengthy. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: She was born into a rich family. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aline fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears blue robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a hand crossbow, but if one is not available she will default to her sickle. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Map Maker arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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 is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Artistic, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: This man wears professional attire. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has several tiny emerald earrings on each ear.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and regain custody of his son

Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and carries scimitars. She has a long brown ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has a dull look in her amber eyes.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of dire rats once and for all.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Through the years after Tordrid was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Tordrid's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Tordrid and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears long strands of topaz and short pastel dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her cinnamon fur is greasy and uncared for. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She bought a kukri and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'7" when asserting herself. She has wavy red hair. Her eyes are black and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Shava liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Nature, Family, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man wears grey trousers with white and grey striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has wavy brown hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Humans in Gerald's homeland. Gerald decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Banded agate (15 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. Her green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. The family's rival house kidnapped her sister with the intent that her sister marry their son to gain control of contested properties. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 150 gp. Carnelian (30 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her silver unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Cursed with lycanthropy at a very young age, Gadreel has worked very hard to control her curse. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Addict, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.