Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery, and carries whips. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 4000 cp. Jade (50 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her brown leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars and is in decent physical shape. Her hair is short and purple. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Elven culture. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Blacksmith arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's in love; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Star rose quartz (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tan Stetson hat and tan clothes. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and gnomish compassion

Flaws: Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a simple brown robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her black hair is still thick. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Fallthra was raised in a hard working conservative environment. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Interpreter for the past few years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Bonds: Enemies, In love, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She has styled her brown hair well, parting it to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She disdains her fellow southerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are brown.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

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 went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 gp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: 4'3" and muscular, this western man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Morkral was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is content.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His hair is cut close to his head. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was born in a small forest village. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he wants revenge against brigands

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her pastel leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. She keeps her white hair in a flapper bob. She has black eyes and a black hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Ishte lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical, Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Chrysoprase (30 gp). Iolite (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).