Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She has slicked back white hair. Her eyes are likewise hazel.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1100 sp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 4'10" and tends to wear a violet poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her red hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive, Secretive. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Junk Dealer

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

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He has no hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born to a Farmer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Detective hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 cp. Chrysoberyl (90 gp).

Description: This western woman wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed sai, just in case. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her ears are large.

Personality: She does not care much for physical appearances, nor does she care much for other people. She does however care about what she wants and getting it. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To clean up the streets.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1500 sp. Coral (50 gp). 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs, and is pretty ugly. Her silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 2000 cp.