Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While she is on the job, she is grim and serious. She understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull black iron scale mail. She is portly but not overly obese. Her auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 40 gp. Tourmaline (80 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she prefers to wear flannel. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She 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; 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: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. He wears his bronze crest down. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. During his travels, Bidreked and his party rested in a cavern that was (unknown to them) infused with powerful dark magic. Upon awakening, Bidreked discovered the rest of his party dead, transformed into horrible, mindless undead versions of their former selves. Bidreked fled the cavern, stopping for breath at a small pool, and only then realizing his own horrible transformation.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Hunter

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

Possessions: 120 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her black hair is cut short. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Ridaro was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother.

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mortician

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

Possessions: 300 gp. Silver pearl (90 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Chain shirt. 1 Half-Plate.

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 wears his silver hair down. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 is a great chef.

History: He was raised in a mountains tribe. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small blue clips. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She carries a battered longsword and tarnished warhammer as well. Sporting a black mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She believes the world needs to unite to get rid of gnolls once and for all.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Thiala was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Thiala alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears baggy brown pantaloons and a red scarf. She has wavy blonde hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Vistra embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Vistra 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. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. After a long history of fighting, Vistra and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1500 sp. Red spinel (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp).