Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports silver long hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Balifra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 60 gp. Malachite (15 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. He wears his yellow fur down. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 200 sp. Deep green spinel (80 gp).

Description: He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest, and he perpetually has his scythe ready. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Mayor arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Elaim was born on a far southern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Mayor. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Tourmaline (120 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 150 gp.