Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She keeps her brown hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Herleva enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Herleva lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and wants to raise her children well

Flaws: Sensitive, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Family, Nature. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and carries scimitars. Her crest is scarlet and curly. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She got into the Assassin business at a young age. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1600 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (30 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 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 white hair and beard is wavy and long. His eyes are brown and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gerard embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Engraver arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Citrine (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Amber (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She carries with her a set of greatswords on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item.