Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'4" and prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. Her red hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. 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: Regain custody of her daughter; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 340 gp.

Description: He stands about 5'3" and likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. His left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is golden and very short. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. A true patriot, Paelias would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Military, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. Deep green spinel (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her bronze crest is smooth and relatively long. She has gold eyes and a green hat with a tan feather.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A serious injury left her father unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm father. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Rich, Debt, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 160 pp. Malachite (12 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Silver pearl (150 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time, and carries pickaxes. His red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Like his mother and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Navigator. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ildrex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Job. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1200 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Finely wrought small gold bracelet (10 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp).