Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is chestnut and curly. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aerdeth wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: Aerdeth lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his mother, he was betrayed dozens of times. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her black hair is lengthy. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Murook will drive conversation. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Murook was born with her father's beautiful face. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Orcs became a terror of the countryside. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 140 pp. Onyx (30 gp). Jet (50 gp).

Description: An older woman who wears silk and lounges about seductively, she is not a threatening figure. Her golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 290 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Red spinel (130 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She wears her silver hair up. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Slave Trader for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Job, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left hand, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She sports a flattop crest cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. After a long history of fighting, Tatyan and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 70 gp.