Description: 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 carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her white hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. 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. She was forced to fight in gladiatorial arenas alongside her partner. They became the best of friends and one day they managed to break out together and then went their separate ways.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and wears a blue collared shirt and grey pants. He accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. His skin is also unnaturally pale. He has styled his red hair well, parting it to the left. This gray eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Born to a Scribe, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His brown eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson yellow hat.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Norman lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a husky man, who very much looks the part of a Spy. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 pp.