Description: This exceptionally lanky woman dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. After a long history of fighting, Gillyd and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 2000 cp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His crest is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Blacksmith business.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with grey slacks. Her moppish silver hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She enjoys reading and quiet.

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. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Myathethil alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: Standing 5'7", this man is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has wavy gray fur. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. In his 13th year, his parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Quick alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp. Pink pearl (100 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he dresses like a well dressed Blacksmith does. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Body Guard, but he got bored and became a Blacksmith. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Poor. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Unemployed arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 sp. White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. His brown fur, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Trail was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Trail decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.