Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is red, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. Her hair is white and curly. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 150 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of scimitars on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length silver crest. Her half smiles and gold eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. 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. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Elf, and stands approximately 4'8". She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a tan coat, and her gloved hand is found clutching a bow. Her hair is short and black. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Born to a Healer, her mother struggled to pay the bills. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Elven conditions. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Human compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Cynical, Addict, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 370 gp. 3 Smokesticks.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. One day when Shava was young, her mother was sewing while trying to overcome the flu, when suddenly her mother dropped to the ground dead. Her mother had died from a severe disease that was unknown to the village doctor. Shava was heart-stricken from the event, and her father started working long hours to provde for them. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Guardian, Criminal record, Family, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 6000 cp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. With bright silver hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. His hair is long and brown with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is white, braided, and well cared for. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He takes great joy in being the best Mayor in town.

History: Kyle was raised in a hard working conservative environment. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion.

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat, and she perpetually has her club ready. Her fur is short and lavender. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Five was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Brown-green garnet (130 gp).

Description: She wears a brown shirt, with a black mid length skirt with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: She was born in the east. Hadwisa was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Butcher. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Butcher.

Motivation: She is greedy; and money/treasure

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 2000 cp.