Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a grey coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her hair is black, silky, and of moderate length. She has a dull look in her green eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Matilda 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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Poor. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She sports green clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries with her a set of falchions, each one with a jet on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her black eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anakis fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Cynical, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Rich. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many blue ritualistic tattoos. She prefers to wear flannel. She is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around her ears. Her eyes are amber and catlike.

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 works hard and plays hard.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Oriff has worked very hard to control her curse. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 sp. Tourmaline (60 gp).

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light pastel in addition to tight pants. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and rapiers. Her brown fur is lengthy. Her half smiles and copper eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She is a Beggar first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Tree was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature longsword.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to be a apothecary again

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 210 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it, and she perpetually has her sai ready. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. 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: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His white hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His fierce green eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He is an amazing painter.

History: Thomas hails from a village terrorized by illithids. After coming to the age of reason, Thomas took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 gp. Moss agate (16 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Jet (160 gp).

Description: A middle-aged man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman, and is pretty ugly. With bright red hair and a scraggly beard. His ears are large.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. 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: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: 5'0" and muscular, this southern woman wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her chestnut hair is singed and shortened. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Fletcher for the past few years.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. She carries a battered sai and tarnished quarterstaff as well. She has a very tight haircut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes goblins are coming to abduct people. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Gifted from a young age, Anne studied abroad. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anne fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To unite with her brother; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 400 sp. Amethyst (70 gp).