Description: With yellow face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears tan robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her whip. Her blonde hair, when down, is lengthy. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

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 can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. Some 6 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Althaea never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her moppish white hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: Standing 4'8", this woman wears a black tunic with red highlights, and long white pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears her silver hair down. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Grai is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her mother, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied western man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He prefers to wear flannel. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. In his 11th year, his parents were killed by a brigands raid, leaving Zook alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Many brigands want him driven away; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp. Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (80 gp).

Description: She stands about 2'10" and wears a white coat over a black low-cut shirt, and a small hat upon her head. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Logical. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.