Description: 4'2" and muscular, this northern woman wears a brown coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. 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: Oriff was born the youngest of three triplets. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Ruler they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Unemployed, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 4'1" when asserting herself. With wild silver hair. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Bricklayer who has hired her part-time. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Jarana was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 17th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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 has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 150 gp. White pearl (50 gp).

Description: An older man who wears red trousers with pastel and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, he is not a threatening figure. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He is baby faced.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. A true patriot, Bucklal would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the south his family was never financially stable. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Bucklal was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and doesn't want to be a courier and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Military, Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs, she is not a threatening figure. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her ears are large.

Personality: Quelenna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when she was still a young child. The gnolls captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is dark but he possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a chestnut handlebar mustache and slicked back chestnut hair. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Priest. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady blue eyes.

Personality: She is mildly Elf supremacist, though she does not identify as such. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she tends to wear a pastel poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her fur is beige and very short. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 2 Antitoxin.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a cross on it. Her hair is short and golden. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her childhood dream was to be a Shepherd, but she was a colossal failure. She tends to her Guard job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away

Flaws: Disease, Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She carries a battered whip and tarnished quarterstaff as well. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

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 Human in existence. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.