Description: She dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with grey slacks. She carries a battered kukri and tarnished morningstar as well. She keeps her black hair in a pixie cut. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Military. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 240 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears long strands of sapphire and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: The child of a Spice Merchant, who enjoyed hunting, Dariff was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Rich, Guardian, Family, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 360 gp. Red-brown spinel (100 gp).

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears suspenders and red workpants. His shirt is white, and he wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. He has styled his black hair well, parting it to the right. His violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Spice Merchant business at a young age. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He's also a talented Fisher, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and to be a fisher again

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. Her skin is light but she possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. She wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her hair is red and curly. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: Ella was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (130 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a worn and beaten armor. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Fargrim speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Gifted from a young age, Fargrim studied abroad. Fargrim abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by giants. Fargrim was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the giants.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: A 4'11" eastern woman, she dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her golden hair is well kept. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of giants.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is in excellent shape and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. His tied-back hair is chestnut. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Aelar was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Aelar was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Mentor, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born to a Stylist, his father struggled to pay the bills. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Poor, Slave, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 50 gp.