Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She has wavy chestnut hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. 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: Ahlyssa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her first spouse was a Shoemaker, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a physically imposing dark-skinned man. He wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered brown stockings. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Opinionated, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp. Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her red hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. 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: Born in the south her family was never financially stable. While she appears to be a normal Human, 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: To clean up the streets; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Poor, Guardian. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She wears her white hair down. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Avelina will drive conversation. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Avelina hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the south, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying south to reunite her family. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 3000 sp.