Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a grey collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her golden hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Some 4 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Marastyr never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Military, Nature. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her blue eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: Andraste was raised in a hard working conservative environment. After coming to the age of reason, Andraste took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She's in love; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large green jacket. His silver hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are black.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Bathin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Bathin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for him

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her gold crest is singed and shortened. She has red eyes and a black hat with a brown feather.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born into a rich family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ruloth fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is typically in her Miner uniform. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Miner

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Buckler. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man stands a little under 2'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. His brown hair is thinning but still full. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He pushes his goals aggressively. He is also a coward if confronted.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 2100 sp.

Description: He is a husky man, who tends to wear a red poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dilettante. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Hadarai grew up listening to his mother's many stories. While he appears to be a normal Elf, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature morningstar.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tabaxi artifacts is his passion; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A 4'9" southern woman, she prefers to wear white clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is brown and curly. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 300 sp.