Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her long blonde hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Because her father 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 mother from journeying south to reunite her family. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and doesn't want to be a painter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Family, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Malachite (11 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Jet (150 gp).

Description: She wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered yellow stockings. She carries with her a set of longbows on her belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. Avice enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born in a small forest village. 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. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Avice was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She wants revenge against gnolls; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: The child of a Painter, who enjoyed hunting, Shane was taken on many hunting expeditions. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with brown colored cloaks and clothing. He has a hunchback. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. A gifted student he started as a Adventurer, but he got bored and became a Stableman. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature greataxe.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing his hectic life and new stableman responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Jet (100 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.