Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a blue costume with the symbols of the sun god on her torso. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her chestnut hair is knotted and matted. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. In her 17th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Herleva alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears a black collared shirt and blue pants. He accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 10 pp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and is pretty ugly. His hair is white and curly. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp. Malachite (14 gp). Eye agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western man wears a red costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. He sports a long chestnut beard, and similarly colored long hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A freak accident while working with his Weaver mother left him crippled. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and he has a crush on the local weaver

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Banded mail. 1 Banded mail.