Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in a clean white cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her silver hair is long and unkept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Nella abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Interpreter, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'6" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. 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 a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family, Rich, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Slave. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: Deep green spinel (140 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Bowyer. Her brown fur is thinning but still full. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Wants a kiss; and money/treasure

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Logical. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown wide-brimmed hat and brown clothes, and is pretty ugly. She keeps her silver hair in a pixie cut. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She moved out west to avoid the crime she committed. She has worked as a Guard like her mother before her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 390 gp. Azurite (16 gp). Jade (50 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover his moderate length brown hair. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern woman wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Performer. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Performer.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Performer responsibilities is difficult; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Sardonyx (80 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This light-skinned female wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her black hair up. Her brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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 has all her life been fascinated with writing.

History: Waywocket lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Apothecary. She's also a talented Cartwright, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 50 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her red fur is heavily combed to the left. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 criminal king-pin and mafia family 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 has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 40 gp.