Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her black hair is still thick. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has achieved small success as a Mason.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Military, Job. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 1300 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her gray eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 west. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Shy, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This western man is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Fortune-teller. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 2000 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (60 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1100 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His hair, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. His eyes are gray and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. He constantly seizes attention wherever he goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. He likes to think of himself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Nim hails from a village terrorized by giants. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Junk Dealer. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 12 years.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and he wants to get laid

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. Black pearl (900 gp). Brown-green garnet (120 gp).