Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her white hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Mara's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. 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 born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush, Immigrant. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is renowned for her bright green dresses and hats. She is portly but not overly obese. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (90 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and white handkerchief worn on her right side. Her hair is red and curly. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 12000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with black slacks. He has a long brown beard with little hanging trinkets. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: Banded agate (14 gp).

Description: This late middle aged woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a grey suit, brown shirt, and blue tie and is in decent physical shape. Her golden hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Kristryd lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sword.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'3" when asserting himself. His orange fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is skeptical of what others tell him and is slow to trust.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he feels kind of lost in life

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Debt. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She wears her white hair up. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Oriel was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. A gifted student she started as a Shipwright, but she got bored and became a Banker. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Banker for hire.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is portly but not overly obese. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. Being a Merchant kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Half-Orc, and stands approximately 5'5". She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scythe. She has moderate length white hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.