Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has styled her purple hair well, parting it to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: The child of a Ploughman, who enjoyed hunting, Ishte was taken on many hunting expeditions. Ishte liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He stands about 3'2" and is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His chestnut hair is still thick. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He will rave to anyone who will listen. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the south. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull brown iron scale mail. Her brown hair is long and unkept. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Shamil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She has had some formal poetry training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Average lock.

Description: She is a mite stocky and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Through the years after Antinua was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Antinua's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.