Description: This woman wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her hair is blonde, silky, and of moderate length. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Ermina was born with her mother's beautiful face. In her 19th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father 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. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down, and she perpetually has her scimitar ready. Her head has been shaved. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. 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 a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Rosamund abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Elven artifacts is her passion; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 10 pp. Chrysoberyl (150 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'8". She wears bulky black painted plate armor. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. Through the years after Vola was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Vola's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy golden stubble. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a hunchback. Her hair is short and golden. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. While she appears to be a normal Half-Orc, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Born in the north to a Actor, Qualen learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Actor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Actor work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Actor and was forced into it by his family; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Professionalism, Optimist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: This man prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized aquamarine on his right hand. His blonde hair is long and unkept. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: His necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. His childhood dream was to be a Laborer, but he was a colossal failure. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new shepherd responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Masterwork manacles.

Description: She wears a simple grey robe with yellow stripes complete with hood. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Map Maker born in the past three hundred years. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Masseuse, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and further expansion of business

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Slave. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 6'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull brown iron scale mail. She has chestnut hair. She is baby faced.

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 is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Her first spouse was a Bather, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 190 gp.