Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She is wearing a long, tan cloak. Her hair is black and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Caramip never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Revenge; and many goblins want her driven away

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, In love, Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 800 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: She wears a yellow vest and prefers grey and yellow shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. She has no hair. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Born in the west to a Dilettante, Alice learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She tends to her Dilettante job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable, Philantrophist, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who dresses in green turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses well, wearing red shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her lance with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Sannl hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His white hair is greasy and uncared for. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He found a children's book about a Gnome Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle, and he perpetually has his monstrous two handed axe ready. His red hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He has all his life been fascinated with writing.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. 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. Baern fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: Zepar wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the north were limited. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of brigands

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He wears a white armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down, and carries quarterstaffs. His black hair is cut short. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 400 sp.