Description: She is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Guard work with an outfit from a few towns over. Guard work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Guard responsibilities is difficult; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Butcher does. She carries a battered flail and tarnished morningstar as well. Her silver hair is still thick. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the west to a Butcher, Criella learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Through the years after Criella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Criella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. His blonde hair is still thick. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dûshrat is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Dûshrat was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Painter work with an outfit from a few towns over. Painter work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Courier they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Painter, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and to unite with his sister

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Bonds: Job, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 170 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her chestnut hair is heavily combed to the left. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines brown.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. Some 9 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Ubada never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 40 pp.