Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She has no hair. She has several tiny sapphire earrings on each ear.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. A freak accident while working with her Layabout father left her crippled. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: Naivara was born with her father's beautiful face. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Naivara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. She wears her golden hair up. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Opinionated, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. She has no hair. She has violet eyes and a white hat with a violet feather.

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 lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Kansif was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Ploughman work with an outfit from a few towns over. Ploughman work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Ploughman for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright pastel and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She has gray fur. She has blue eyes and a pastel hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 34. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is greedy

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Selfish. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His red eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson green hat.

Personality: He is quite rude, and likes to deride his opponents skill and shout insults at them. He enjoys reading and quiet.

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. After a long history of fighting, Mantus and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His black fur is singed and shortened. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His brown hair is still thick. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Quarion was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Military. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a red top hat and red clothes. Her hair is silver, silky, and of moderate length. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Halfling in existence. The war was a terrible time for her, and Lavinia does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: The child of a Guard, who enjoyed hunting, Lavinia was taken on many hunting expeditions. She worked as a nervous Servant and found it very stressful. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Servant for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 190 gp.