Description: Standing 3'0", this woman wears a blue armored body suit, with a simple grey line shooting up and back down. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Nyx lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Nyx 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. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Gifted, Impeccable. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her hair, while still mostly golden, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Jacoba is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

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. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants. She is physically well-built. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Jarana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to protect her home

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Guardian, Job, Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 600 sp. Tourmaline (100 gp). Jade (100 gp).

Description: This man wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his pickaxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His hair is long and blonde with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is chestnut, braided, and well cared for. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He moved out west to avoid the crime he committed. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 330 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her white hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20 gp.