Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 4'7". She is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Glassblower, and her gloved hand is found clutching a greataxe. Her hair is red and curly. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Nemeia hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Job. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears skinny pants and wears a black and blue robe with the hood down. She wears her brown hair down. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She got into the Mason business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 9 years.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 gp. 4 Holy water. 4 Holy water.

Description: She stands about 5'2" and wears a violet coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a deerstalker hat upon her head. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Chaedi was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

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

Possessions: 30 gp. Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. He has dyed his greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. He has gray eyes and a white hat with a pastel feather.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with pastel lining and desert motifs. She is physically well-built. She has done her best to style her beige fur to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Barrister. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. The war was a terrible time for her, and Cloud does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Cloud hails from a village terrorized by goblins. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Barrister. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Job, Military, Enemies. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'2" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. Her hair is white and curly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Orla took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up sai and armor she uses now. After a long history of fighting, Orla and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is red, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is long and unkept. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born in the west. Quarion was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Merchant. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a ceremonial dagger on her belt. She carries a battered club and tarnished ceremonial dagger as well. Her hair is brown and very short. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Ekk reached her early adolescence her Half-Orc father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ekk fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 3000 cp. White pearl (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Butcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Butcher work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, In love, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Lapis lazuli (5 gp).