Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her white eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is harsh and unforgiving.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature halberd.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. His red hair is heavily combed to the right. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Abad was born into a poor family. Growing up, he dreamt of becoming a Bard, to bring honor to his family’s name. When he came of age, he applied for a position with his town's local guard, looking to work his way up via merit and eventually become a Bard in service of a powerful lord somewhere. After coming to the age of reason, Abad took it upon himself to study the druidic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and doesn't want to be a body guard and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Family, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 240 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker. His hair is blonde and curly. His eyes are gray.

Personality: He is a Shoemaker first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Bounty Hunter mother left him crippled. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and expand his business

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he wears a green costume with the symbols of his god on his torso. He has wavy blue hair. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Zephan is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He is fiercely devoted to his father, and views his father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: He was born into a rich family. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Extrovert, Persistence. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 360 gp.