Description: 2'8" and muscular, this southern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes orcs are coming to abduct people. She is a great chef.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She worked as a nervous Barber and found it very stressful. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a tight fitting tan shirt and pants. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her red hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She has all her life been fascinated with singing.

History: Syllin hails from a village terrorized by brigands. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Syllin was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 gp. Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (150 gp).

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her chestnut hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gold.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. Her parents enrolled her in a Druid school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Gifted, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears tan leather gloves, a tan jacket, and tight pants. He has dyed his greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: He is a man who does what he needs to. He will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a brown vest and prefers violet and green shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. 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, Ermina is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Optimist, Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 160 gp.