Description: A middle-aged 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, and is pretty ugly. Her small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She hates orcs. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is a great chef.

History: Elizabeth was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Many orcs want her driven away; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A 5'8" western woman, she wears bulky green painted plate armor. Her long brown hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature quarterstaff.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with violet lining and desert motifs. His hair is cut close to his head. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born at the edge of vast desert. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. He tends to his Sage job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: Expand his business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Nature, Job. Occupation: Sage

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 sp. Red garnet (160 gp). 4 Holy water.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She has red hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Matilda was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Matilda's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Forgetful. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 180 gp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).