Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears a black vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her black boots flare out at the collars. She wears a top hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Mastema fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses like a well dressed Herbalist does. She has slicked back brown hair. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Neega is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Performer they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Herbalist, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She carries a battered scimitar and tarnished greataxe as well. Her crest is silver and very short. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Aasathra grew up listening to her father's many stories. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Gardener. She became a Gardener soon after.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Sensitive, Forgetful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Obsidian (7 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp).

Description: This fat southern man has a bulbous nose and typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull tan iron scale mail. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His head has been shaved. His ears are large.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 20 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with blue pants. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. He keeps his red hair in a pixie cut. His eyes are likewise amber.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trey was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. 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: An old rival family wants him found; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 40 gp. A silver and pearl hairclip (90 gp).