Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a hammer on her belt. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She is baby faced.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Birel lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 10000 cp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

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 will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and he's attracted to the pc

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Has a crush. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 300 gp. Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp). Obsidian (8 gp).

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is portly but not overly obese. Her black hair is matted, messy, and big. Her green eyes peer out from beneath her broad white hat.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: Jo was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Gifted from a young age, Azdûsh studied abroad. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Architect and was forced into it by his family; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a white vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her white boots flare out at the collars. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She is a hateful person. She taunts others and blames them for her problems. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Trym was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when she was still a young child. The dire rats captured her, and made her a slave and general play-thing. She was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to her deformed appearance. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 120 gp.