Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her gray fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born in the west. Through the years after Sun was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Sun's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and regain custody of her daughter

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 370 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He has done his best to style his blonde hair to look like a famous performer. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Fisher profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Halfling conditions. He struck the Shepherd job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 sp.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Bookbinder. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Expand her business; and human compassion

Ideals: Opinionated, Professionalism. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is wearing a tight red one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He is portly but not overly obese. His black hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Oblar was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this northern man wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Theriatis grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Theriatis. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

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: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 2'8", this woman is wearing a long, white cloak. She has shaved her head bald. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Pearl never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Poor, In love, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a red shirt, with a grey mid length skirt with grey tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her small red hat.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear brown clothing when she does not wear armor. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

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. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Apothecary job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. He has styled his copper crest well, parting it to the right. His gold eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born into a rich family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Revenge; and he is greedy

Flaws: Shy, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp).