Description: A 6'2" eastern woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has wavy black fur. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Shoemaker work with an outfit from a few towns over. Shoemaker work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shoemaker.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and balancing her hectic life and new shoemaker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty yellow coat over it. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She wears her auburn hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her martial abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Bethrynna fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears professional attire. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: She is a Dilettante first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Ilde abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has worked as a Dilettante like her mother before her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing green shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She sports a flattop crest cut. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Born in the east to a Banker, Dentratha learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Dentratha abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He likes to wear white tank tops with brown pants. He is an epitome of beauty. His white hair is smooth and relatively long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He was a friend to animals and a trickster. In his defense of animals however he would do severe harm to people. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He stands about 5'4" and wears just a black suit. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Ur-Lasu was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Rinn lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Family, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2800 sp.

Description: 3'8" and muscular, this northern man wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise blue. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He has all his life been fascinated with poetry.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the north. He has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Bricklayer and was forced into it by his family; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He prefers to wear flannel. His silver hair is lengthy. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Deep Scion in disguise. When he was little, his rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. He would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and he was stranded inside. His family spent the next few days looking for him, and could only assume he was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Ur-Masi took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up falchion and armor he uses now. Some 7 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Ur-Masi never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and obtaining odd cultural gnomish artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, In love. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 3000 sp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).