Description: A plain young-adult woman, she likes to wear black tank tops with white skirt. Her gold crest is braided into rings. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. 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-sister.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 13th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp). Moss agate (5 gp). Banded agate (5 gp). Blue quartz (5 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He has wavy scarlet crest. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: A child with a great deal of poetry talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He used his abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 110 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. Her hair is short and white. She has hazel eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears a white cloak and cross-gartered tan stockings. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are amber and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 50 gp.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His silver hair is heavily combed to the right. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. The war was a terrible time for him, and Eldon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Eldon was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 2000 cp. 1 Banded mail.