Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a amber on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long blonde hair kept up in a rat tail. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Xanaphia fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'2". She wears tattered old clothes. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. Her philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Robbie grew up listening to her father's many stories. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Optimist, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 140 gp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: He wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His green crest is greasy and uncared for. His ears are large.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a brown costume with the symbols of magic on her torso, and is pretty ugly. She has dyed her greying brown hair a little too much giving a sharp brown color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 500 sp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His long golden hair reaches down to his waist. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Born in the south to a Ploughman, Reynard learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. His martial abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has achieved small success as a Ploughman.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Ploughman and was forced into it by his family; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.