Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a yellow shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She keeps her brown hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Giselle is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Gifted from a young age, Giselle studied abroad. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Nature. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 200 sp. 4 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Ruler. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. 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: The child of a Fortune-teller, who enjoyed hunting, Veloptima was taken on many hunting expeditions. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Family, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears just a green suit. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Beggar arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Criella 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. Criella decided she wanted neither the life of her mother 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. After months of barely getting by, Criella managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and 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

Flaws: Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 5000 cp. Moonstone (50 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears just a violet suit. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: Aline is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Carpenter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 sp. Obsidian (5 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She dresses well, wearing blue shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She carries with her a set of nunchakus, each one with a opal on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. 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 achieved small success as a Dyer.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This malnourished woman is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rinn studied abroad. 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. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Ideals: Joker, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: He is an average looking southern male in his early mid-life. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His amber eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Caeldrim was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His head has been shaved. His amber eyes peer out from beneath his small grey hat.

Personality: He hates gnolls. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born to a Engraver, his father struggled to pay the bills. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and to prove his worth to the world

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (70 gp).

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Halfling, and stands approximately 3'2". She wears just a red suit, and her gloved hand is found clutching a nunchaku. She wears her red hair up. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her youth she was a Sellsword, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Maegan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD. Bonds: Slave, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp.