Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Shautha hails from a village terrorized by drow. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Shautha alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 5'5" when asserting himself. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Rich, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has the majority of his body covered in plate. He has a very tight haircut. He has gray eyes.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She is dressed in a clean red cloak covering her clean studded leather. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A freak accident while working with her Body Guard father left her crippled. After a long history of fighting, Andry and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things.

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic, Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull blue iron scale mail. Her chestnut hair is long and unkept. 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. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 320 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a golden handlebar mustache and slicked back golden hair. He has brown eyes.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of illithids may trigger it at times.

History: He was born at the edge of vast forest. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Nature, Job. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a fancy black suit. His moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Krusk 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 he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With red face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her childhood dream was to be a Performer, but she was a colossal failure. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Professionalism, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is long and unkept. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her father's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered goblins who tried to eat her hand. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by goblins. Merla was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the goblins.

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

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.