Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and pastel, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized ruby on her left hand. Her hair is cut close to her head. She is baby faced.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Her arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. When Pyra reached her early adolescence her Tiefling mother 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. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears bulky blue painted plate armor. Her chestnut hair is cut short. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nissa was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: He is lean but muscular and does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a very tight haircut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: Born to a Brewer, his father struggled to pay the bills. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears red painted combat armor at almost all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. Purban was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Purban decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and he is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Slave. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her white crest, when down, is lengthy. Her red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Surina was raised in a hard working conservative environment. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 120 gp.