Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, 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 has styled her black hair well, parting it to the right. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Shax was born the youngest of three triplets. After coming to the age of reason, Shax took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and doesn't want to be a priest and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is renowned for her bright white dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Gifted from a young age, Paela studied abroad. When Paela reached her early adolescence her Halfling father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 380 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 35. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of him. He is by nature obliging.

History: A powerful slaver made him what he is. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Butcher hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 1200 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing a tight blue one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with poetry. She constantly tries to fill her life with poetry. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. After months of barely getting by, Syllin managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Chain shirt.