Description: She is scrawny and has patchy red stubble. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a grey coat with red slacks. She has a hunchback. She wears a deerstalker hat to cover her moderate length red hair. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with writing. She constantly tries to fill her life with writing. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Dariff was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1000 cp. Obsidian (11 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is renowned for her bright pastel dresses and hats. She has done her best to style her red fur to look like a famous performer. Her copper eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She takes great joy in being the best Body Guard in town.

History: She is a Jackalwere in disguise. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a grey costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Barbena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 280 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp).

Description: This man is very fat, and prefers to wear flannel. His crest, while still mostly bronze, has prominent grey streaks. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Heskan was born the youngest of three triplets. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 gp. Moss agate (15 gp).