Description: This northern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Greedy. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 40000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This tall, slender man is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He thrives on attention. He does whatever is in his power to gain the attention of whomever he deems a fit date. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Many gnolls want him driven away; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Emerald (1300 gp). Citrine (20 gp).

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in the east to a Performer, Elizabeth learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: 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; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Job, Rich, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right leg, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. In her 16th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Beatrice alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 800 gp.