Description: 6'4" and muscular, this northern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her long brass crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her red eyes.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Hethress's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep brown.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Disciplined, Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 70 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her eyes are green.

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 able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Born to a Seamstress, her father struggled to pay the bills. Merla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Revenge; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 10 pp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (110 gp).

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He dresses like a well dressed Marshal does. His silver hair is lengthy. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Fighting. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull tan iron scale mail. He carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished sai as well. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His amber eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. 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: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. As a very small child his family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. His father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect him and cast a teleportation spell that whisked him away. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Artistic. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). 1 Disguise kit. 1 Disguise kit.