Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is black and curly. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Tieflings in Astaro's homeland. Astaro decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 300 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This eastern woman is wearing a long, pastel, dusty cloak. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. This blue eyed easterner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To protect her home; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 2300 sp. Jade (130 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp).

Description: This man wears a white vest and prefers green and red shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy blonde hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the necromantic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him; and he feels threatened by others

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair is short and auburn. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 east. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Military, Family. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing grey cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Valida embodies much of what other species detest in the Dwarves. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Valida lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Weaver. After a long history of fighting, Valida and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Half-Plate.