Description: This woman wears a red collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a brown scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. After a long history of fighting, Nikki and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts, and she perpetually has her dagger ready. Her scarlet crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her fierce gold eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Chalcedony (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (800 gp). Rose (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Brown-green garnet (80 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male wears a white costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Addict. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp. Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp).

Description: An older man who wears a brown armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down, he is not a threatening figure. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 42000 sp. Emerald (800 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp).