Description: This light-skinned female wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Joan's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Slave. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and black handkerchief worn on her right side. She is physically well-built. She is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around her ears. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Her parents enrolled her in a Expert school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair is singed and shortened. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He has a small toy that he constantly fidgets with.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. His first spouse was a Healer, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was granted arcane powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy black fur. She dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a tan coat with brown slacks. She has a hunchback. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her ears are large.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She uses divination through singing.

History: The child of a Barber, who enjoyed hunting, Cloud was taken on many hunting expeditions. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.