Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears baggy brown pantaloons and a black scarf, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her hair is chestnut and very short. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Beatrice was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is typically in her Guard uniform. Her green crest is knotted and matted. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Guard. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. 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: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Job, Rich, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler.

Description: A 5'3" northern man, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a tan coat. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He is extraordinarily eccentric. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Recently a tribe of goblins attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Thervan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and she's attracted to the pc

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 pp. Black pearl (800 gp). Amber (100 gp).