Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has all her life been fascinated with dancing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a mite stocky and dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a brown coat with black slacks. She wears her black hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are blue and beady.

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

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied eastern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise white.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Vassago was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Cynical, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 170 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her white hair is greasy and uncared for. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: The child of a Carter, who enjoyed hunting, Oolah was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 50 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He wears his purple hair up. His red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

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. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is brown and curly. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Knight hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. After a long history of fighting, Ella and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her brown eyes are passionate and lively.

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 is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: Gynnie was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Gynnie was born on a far southern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Guard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Disciplined, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (40 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He wears bulky tan painted plate armor. He keeps his long brown hair kept up in a rat tail. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. 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: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He is greedy; and obtaining odd cultural halfling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are green.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has never given up on her music dream.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 60 gp.