Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Sarah lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 east. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Gifted. Bonds: Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (160 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). His silver crest is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 2700 gp.

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 brown hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Qualen hails from a village terrorized by brigands. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. Being a Jeweler kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Justice. Bonds: Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoprase (50 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Obsidian (16 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (700 gp).

Description: She wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'6" when asserting herself. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 80 gp.