Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and pastel handkerchief worn on her right side. She is physically well-built. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Numba has worked very hard to control her curse. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by orcs. Numba was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the orcs.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 90 pp.

Description: She wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Half-Orc culture. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born in the north. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Racist. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her hair is black and curly. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Marastyr grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Marastyr. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He wears grey trousers with yellow and brown striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts, and he perpetually has his longbow ready. He sports a long brown beard, and similarly colored long hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Standing 6'1", this man wears dark leathers with embroidery. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He uses divination through singing.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Body Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Body Guard work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (700 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her hair is silver and curly. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes drow are coming to abduct people. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Damaia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Damaia alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Apothecary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: She wants revenge against drow.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 60 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a brown collared shirt and blue skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She would rather hide behind her crafts than deal with other people.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the north. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This woman wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with top hat, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Servant. After a long history of fighting, Antinua and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 100 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has done her best to style her golden hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical, Artistic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 160 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (110 gp).