Description: This late middle aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior and is in decent physical shape. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise black.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Blacksmith born in the past three hundred years. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Ishte never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: A 2'8" western woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: Born to a Tanner, her father struggled to pay the bills. Through the years after Robbie was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Robbie's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Robbie and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. She has wavy purple hair. Her silver eyes peer out from beneath her feathered green hat.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This man is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. His black hair is greasy and uncared for. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks his mind. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Zûmug hails from a village terrorized by drow. He took after his mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, his mother taught him to defend himself. When his mother died while fighting drow, the young Zûmug began to lead the lost caravan. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Junk Dealer they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Sailor, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 120 gp. Solid gold idol (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp).

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, green shirt, and violet tie. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Damakos was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 south. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Secretive. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: Just what you see.