Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with yellow lining and desert motifs. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Thiala liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her brown hair is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, black shirt, and blue tie. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. A friendly and beautiful Halfling, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way east. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To be a Bookbinder again.

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: Smoky quartz (60 gp).