Description: This woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her black hair is unkempt and raggedy. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a black feather.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Dara was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Dara decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 30 gp. 3 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'4". He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft grey waves gently in the breeze. His chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. His violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born into a rich family. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the west were limited. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Guardian. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Chalcedony (70 gp).

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She is physically well-built. Her head has been shaved. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: A 3'2" western man, he dresses well, wearing white shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He has styled his golden hair well, parting it to the right. He has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is dressed in earthy colors with a white and tan handkerchief worn on her right side. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She worked as a nervous Fortune-teller and found it very stressful. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.