Description: This dark-skinned female typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep tan leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Vadania grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Vadania. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady violet eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Military. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 90 gp. Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: He stands about 3'4" and prefers to wear white clothing when he does not wear armor. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Carter. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease, Addict. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp. Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of black, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her gray eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

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 obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1400 sp. Blue quartz (14 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Moonstone (60 gp).