Description: This woman stands a little under 5'2" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a tan shirt with thin grey vertical stripes and yellow pants. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is greedy

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Black opal (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Amber (130 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a grey vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her red leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her grey boots flare out at the collars. Her white hair is singed and shortened. She has brown eyes and a grey hat with a red feather.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. 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: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20000 cp.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. His hair is always cut to a buzz. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a white feather.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of freemasons.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: Secretive, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull red iron scale mail. He carries with him a set of shortspears on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. He has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 600 gp.