Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her silver hair is cut short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Mentor, Debt. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy black stubble. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. He has a hunchback. His black hair is still thick. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. The war was a terrible time for him, and Hadarai does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When Hadarai reached his early adolescence his Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her brown hair is wavy and long. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She comes from a rich southern family. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Volen alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. 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: Many dire rats want her driven away.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 800 sp. Deep blue spinel (200 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His red fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His hazel unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Debt. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 120 gp.