Description: She stands about 4'9" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She sports a flattop fur cut. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Shivering speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shivering grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: This malnourished man wears tattered old clothes. He wears his purple hair down. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. The war was a terrible time for him, and Abad does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Born to a Barrister, his mother struggled to pay the bills. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Abad was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing brown cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. He has a hunchback. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with grey slacks. His auburn hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady hazel eyes.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his 15th year, his parents were killed by a drow raid, leaving Karash alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. After a long history of fighting, Karash and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Revenge; and he wants to get laid

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is witty, but her monotone delivery comes off as unnerving She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 500 sp.