Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears long strands of sapphire and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her fur is black and curly. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Gifted from a young age, Art studied abroad. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 20 gp. Obsidian (15 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears bulky black painted plate armor. His black crest is braided into rings. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Through the years after Salasar was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Salasar's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out.

Ideals: Gifted, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 150 gp. Jade (40 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: Mella was born with her father's beautiful face. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Philantrophist, Logical. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 40 gp. Moss agate (9 gp).

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He is dressed in earthy colors with a green and blue handkerchief worn on his right side. His copper crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with his old comrades. He has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Shamash hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. Because his mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, dire rats burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. He was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented him and his father from journeying east to reunite his family. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Enemies, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Everburning torch.