Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has moderate length silver hair. His eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: Astar is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when drow swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Astar 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. Astar decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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 used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he wants revenge against drow

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she usually wears her white robe and has her quarterstaff always slung over her shoulder. Her hair is short and brown. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Military, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 sp. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She dresses well, wearing violet shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her red hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Elizabeth enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. After a long history of fighting, Elizabeth and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and doesn't want to be a mason and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Hedonist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 230 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an entirely red suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She got into the Tanner business at a young age. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tanner.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 500 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (50 gp). 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This late middle aged woman tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look and is in decent physical shape. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a Barkeep first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A powerful slaver made her what she is. Cursed with a spirit at a very young age, Diesa has worked very hard to control her curse. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict, Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Holy water.