Description: She usually wears her white robe and has her greatsword always slung over her shoulder, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'2" when asserting herself. She sports white long hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Verna was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Verna decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 5000 cp. 4 Thunderstones.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her dark red hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty blue coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. The war was a terrible time for him, and Wobbles does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 80 gp. Solid gold idol (600 gp).

Description: He wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available he will default to his glaive. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is cut short. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is irritable and easily angered. He is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use his stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. 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: Mindartis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and expand his business

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job, Attractive. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive, Insane. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 220 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. She is baby faced.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. 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. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1000 cp. Deep green spinel (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep brown leather and dull black iron scale mail. She has styled her beige fur well, parting it to the left. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. During her travels, Tricking and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Tricking discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Tricking fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 60 pp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Performer. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Althaea alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Performer for hire.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 290 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.