Description: This slender man stands about 3'0". He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His golden hair is singed and shortened. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He refers to his adoptive mother for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 120 gp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a robe, a symbol of death around her neck, and a shortbow on her belt. Her hair is golden and curly. Her amber eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. A friendly and beautiful Human, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Merchant, her father struggled to pay the bills. When Oriel reached her early adolescence her Human father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. Recently a tribe of brigands attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Oriel fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 20 pp. Banded agate (13 gp).

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her red hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Her druidic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Like her mother and her sister before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Banker. She has worked as a Banker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Expand her business; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Religious, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a robe, a symbol of death around his neck, and a greataxe on his belt. His crest is cut close to his head. His gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He was born in the north. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 400 sp. Coral (110 gp).

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy auburn stubble. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). She has a hunchback. She has no hair. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Artin will drive conversation. The war was a terrible time for her, and Artin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

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. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Extrovert, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 390 gp.