Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sickle with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has shaved her head bald. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

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. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Vorka was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 130 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: This woman wears skinny pants and wears a yellow and black robe with the hood down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Drusilia speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Drusilia lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She's in love; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a green coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon his head. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with music. He constantly tries to fill his life with music. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature trident.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She keeps her golden hair in a flapper bob. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Through the years after Riswynn was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Riswynn's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Riswynn and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy, Mundane. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Tabaxi conditions. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful, Racist. Bonds: Rich, Military. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his halberd always slung over his shoulder, and carries halberds. His silver crest is long and unkept. His red eyes peer out from beneath his wide-brimmed black hat.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a shield, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her white hair is heavily combed to the left. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. She found a children's book about a Elf Sorcerer who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a green cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. Her crest is copper, silky, and of moderate length. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She refers to her adoptive mother 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: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. He has a dull look in his brown eyes.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. Mindartis enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.