Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blue crest is greasy and uncared for. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave, Adventurer. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: An older woman who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, she is not a threatening figure. Her black hair is wavy and long. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was an apprentice working in her father's forge. She has taken up work as a Animal Trainer and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. In his 17th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. His head has been shaved. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Miles hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his poetry career. Miles enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Miles lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. After coming to the age of reason, Miles took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Actor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sage, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.