Description: This malnourished woman usually wears her red robe and has her rapier always slung over her shoulder. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes brigands are coming to abduct people. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born to a Spy, her mother struggled to pay the bills. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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 recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman wears dull tan sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed lance, just in case. She has a very tight haircut. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. 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: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Flaws: Insane, Hedonist, Forgetful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 500 sp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears bulky grey painted plate armor. She keeps her long red hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Werydd fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears a black cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. Her gold crest is singed and shortened. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines red.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. Arava enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Laborer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Laborer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Gnomish people; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tight fitting black shirt and pants. Her silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. She has a tattooed face.

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. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Fisher. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her red hair is well kept. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 30 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 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 prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. 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: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Through the years after Pennie was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Pennie's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She's also a talented Dyer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 pp. Silver pearl (130 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Holy water. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: Standing 5'2", this man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has done his best to style his red fur to look like a famous performer. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born to a Crown-heir, his father struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Spy hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to be a crown-heir again

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears just a blue suit. She has shaved her head bald. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Carter; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 500 sp.