Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She wears her red hair up in a very large beehive style do. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines gray.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Griselda was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Griselda abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She wears long strands of sapphire and short green dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is black and very short. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She's in love.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 230 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and white pants. She has done her best to style her yellow fur to look like a famous performer. Her copper eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 100 sp. Blue quartz (11 gp).

Description: This malnourished man prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

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 one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Nuraval was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Military, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. She has a long golden ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: She was born in a small desert village. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Sardonyx (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: Gifted from a young age, Rimple studied abroad. Ostracized due to the martial powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. He has wavy brown hair. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 7 years.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. She is portly but not overly obese. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Because her father participated in the massacre of their homeland, orcs burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her mother from journeying east to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her orange fur is thinning but still full. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: Kite is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur, Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 400 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).