Description: 4'3" and muscular, this eastern woman prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. She wears a colorful flower in her blonde hair. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. The war was a terrible time for her, and Riswynn does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her mother was a soldier and died while she was still young. Riswynn was left her mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Citrine (30 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. She has no hair. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Gifted from a young age, Emeny studied abroad. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a tattered pair of loose white pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She has shaved her head bald. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her wide-brimmed white hat.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Tawna hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Her childhood dream was to be a Engraver, but she was a colossal failure. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Sage responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Poor, Military, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her long black hair reaches down to her waist. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Herleva was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. 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 has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He tends to wear a large tan jacket. His blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. More though he will beg to come along on any journeys. He will attempt to stowaway on any ship he can in the hopes that it will get him further away.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Shipwright arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Sensitive, Fearful. Bonds: Slave, Rich. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He carries a battered longsword and tarnished bow as well. He wears a colorful flower in his white hair. 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 goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 11000 cp.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His red crest is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Maagog wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Maagog was born on a far southern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Layabout. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Halflings. Her skin is light but she possesses many yellow ritualistic tattoos. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver hair is cut short. She has green eyes and a white hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Gardener arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her lavender fur has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. Like her father and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Bowyer. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate. 1 Chain shirt.