Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Anne was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the north were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave, Mentor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She sports brown long hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Joker, Optimist, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a simple tan robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair, when down, is lengthy. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. A true patriot, Aline would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Detective. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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 she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with black slacks. She has slicked back silver hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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 receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Actor they were divorced and she won custody of their daughter. She worked as a Bather, and she later adopted a second daughter.

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 she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Bloodstone (20 gp).