Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is red and very short. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Mercenary profession.

History: Oda lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She has achieved small success as a Guard.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job, Family, Religious. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 100 sp. Red spinel (80 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Joan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was born into a rich family. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a long, yellow cloak, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich, Military, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: Amber (70 gp). 1 Disguise kit.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished shortspear as well. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. When Jo 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. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jo fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 500 sp.