Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She hates Tieflings with a passion. As such she is filled with self loathing. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Akta was raised in a hard working conservative environment. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She tends to her Bather job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Racist, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 300 gp. Hematite (6 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp). Moss agate (6 gp).

Description: He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. His brown hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: Thamior was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 110 gp. Coral (150 gp).

Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a simple brown robe with green stripes complete with hood. His blonde hair is still thick. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Gerald lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Barber. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barber and was forced into it by his family.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of ceremonial daggers, each one with a amber on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Spice Merchant. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature ceremonial dagger.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He dresses in brown turtlenecks beneath a white coat with red slacks. His black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a wide-brimmed hat. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Darrak hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Optimist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 40 gp.