Description: She is lean but muscular and wears long strands of opal and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Vola was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Job, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 30 gp. Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and balancing his hectic life and new shipwright responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Artistic, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 160 gp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she is dressed in an above average manner. She has wavy golden hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 20 gp. Onyx (20 gp).

Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright tan and yellow, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is black and very short. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her top tan hat.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Gnome, and stands approximately 3'1". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look, and her gloved hand is found clutching a warhammer. She sports a flattop hair cut. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Ellyjoybell grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1600 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: This younger middle-aged man wears a blue cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a club on her belt. She carries a battered glaive and tarnished club as well. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Engong fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Red garnet (90 gp).

Description: Standing 4'7", this woman wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized green coat. She has done her best to style her white hair to look like a famous performer. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Naamah embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Fighting, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers grey and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She carries with her a set of scythes, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. In her 19th 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. After a long history of fighting, Nora and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 240 gp.