Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her club with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. 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 was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is well dressed, constantly wearing a brown suit, violet shirt, and black tie. Her red hair is well kept. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Melissa is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born at the edge of vast mountains. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 2000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (130 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His scarlet crest, when down, is lengthy. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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 daughter.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He 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. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature monstrous two handed axe.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Family, Military, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: A 3'3" northern man, he wears a white vest and prefers brown and violet shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. He wears his golden hair down. His brown eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. A true patriot, Ulblyn would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. His first spouse was a Fletcher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is well dressed, constantly wearing a yellow suit, white shirt, and brown tie. Her hair is short and blonde. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. 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: To end her boredom; and she is greedy

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp).

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears her white crest up. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: The child of a Tanner, who enjoyed hunting, Quespa was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 9000 cp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: This northern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a tight brown one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He sports a flattop fur cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. 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 daughter.

History: Born to a Carter, his father struggled to pay the bills. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Carter they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Courier, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Courier and was forced into it by his family; and an old rival family wants him found

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family, Poor, Nature. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 260 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a black coat over a green low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She sports white long hair. She has gray eyes and a black hat with a green feather.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the south. A freak accident while working with her Bowyer father left her crippled. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 900 sp. 1 Breastplate.