Description: A middle-aged woman, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is white and curly. She has green eyes and a tan hat with a blue feather.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Veloptima was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 18000 cp.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she sports brown clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has amber eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She got into the Herbalist business at a young age. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She has worked as a Herbalist like her mother before her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 150 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 3'9" and muscular, this western woman wears a brown shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and black pants. Her auburn hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a broad hat. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing writing.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has never given up on her writing dream.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This late middle aged man prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor and is in decent physical shape. His chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Paggen wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 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: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Rich, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 20 pp.