Description: She is a mite stocky and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of goblins may trigger it at times.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a goblins raid, leaving Ahlyssa alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: An older man who wears black leather gloves, a black jacket, and tight pants, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is matted, messy, and big. His white eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Rich. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This man sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his left hand. His head has been shaved. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and he is greedy

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports brown long hair. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Tiaathque was born on a far western forest where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Herbalist. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and carries daggers. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She hates gnolls. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Tiefling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Tiefling doctor. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 110 pp. Moss agate (13 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no crest. She has gleaming, smiling gold eyes.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. 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 was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 400 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: He has the majority of his body covered in plate. He is physically well-built. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Lamlis embodies much of what other species detest in the Half-Elves. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Through the years after Lamlis was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Lamlis's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 130 pp. Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man wears silk and lounges about seductively, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His silver hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ulfgar has worked very hard to control his curse. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the north; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown coat over a red low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon her head. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Emeny was born with her mother's beautiful face. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 100 gp.