Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red hair is matted, messy, and big. She has white eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Mastema enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Mastema lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are white and perfect.

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. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: A deep hatred of goblins; and money/treasure

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears a red shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

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. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her falchion with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. A true patriot, Brakka would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Baker for the past few years.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Engraver; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Military, Rich, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat, and she perpetually has her greataxe ready. Her white hair is well kept. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Numba hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Numba fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Server

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a green armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. She has styled her red crest well, parting it to the left. Her red eyes peer out from beneath her small green hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Layabout work with an outfit from a few towns over. Layabout work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and to be a bowyer again

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'1" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple black line shooting up and back down. Her head has been shaved. She has a dull look in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Gnomish culture. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: Buvvie hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered music. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Buvvie was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

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

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He has green eyes.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Vondal abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

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

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a black coat with white slacks. Her hair is short and white. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Arara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 40 gp.