Description: A 2'9" northern woman, she is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. During her travels, Philomena and her party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Philomena discovered the rest of her party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Philomena fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing her own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has no hair. He has a dull look in his blue eyes.

Personality: Alston speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his father. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears bulky white painted plate armor and is in decent physical shape. With wild brown hair. She has blue eyes and a white hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she is greedy

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Smoky quartz (70 gp).

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears a tight fitting yellow shirt and pants. His hair is brown and very short. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Justin was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 cp. Rock crystal (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is a husky woman, who has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her dark red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Armara alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and very much looks the part of a Barber. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes giants are coming to abduct people. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and expand her business

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears long strands of jet and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His rusty crest is braided into rings. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Torinn was born with his father's beautiful face. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Torinn grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Torinn. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 380 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He wears yellow trousers with brown and blue striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is long and red with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small yellow clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft tan waves gently in the breeze. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

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 disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

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. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She now mingles about in high society.

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

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Banded agate (6 gp).