Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a brown shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and pastel pants. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Hadwisa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many white ritualistic tattoos. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Sage; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: This man wears tattered old clothes. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on his right hand. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Alex was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Antitoxin.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a green tunic with violet highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around his shoes. His hair is red and curly. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He disdains his fellow southerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his mother. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She has dyed her greying gold crest a little too much giving a sharp gold color. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Zykroff was raised in a hard working conservative environment. While she appears to be a normal Dragonborn, 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. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Red spinel (100 gp).

Description: This woman sports black clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amethyst on her right hand. Her black hair is still thick. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the south to a Roofer, Vapula learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Roofer for the past few years.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 230 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a grey tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Bricklayer business.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Elven companion (her 'brother'). She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bow.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: Standing 2'11", this man dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with grey slacks. He has a auburn handlebar mustache and slicked back auburn hair. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Rock crystal (70 gp).

Description: This light-skinned male is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 19th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 400 gp.