Description: She is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her gray eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She wants revenge against giants; and many giants want her driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She sports white long hair. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born in the west. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1600 sp.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She keeps her black hair in a flapper bob. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bellfounder hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Revenge; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Justice, Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 3000 cp. Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She carries a battered lance and tarnished mace as well. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are white and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence, Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is short and auburn. 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 is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Adventurer.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to get a good night's sleep

Flaws: Insomniac, Shy, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a worn and beaten armor. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Carpenter who has hired her part-time. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gifted student she started as a Servant, but she got bored and became a Carpenter. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Family, Military, Job. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 9000 cp. Pink pearl (40 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears tattered old clothes. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Grai was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bellfounder. After a long history of fighting, Grai and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Blacksmith; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 90 gp. Deep green spinel (40 gp). 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is a great chef.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Guard. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Guard for the past few years.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 5000 cp. Solid gold idol (300 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is short and blonde. He has gray eyes and a black hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Olrok speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Olrok lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.