Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She wears a red vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her tan leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her red boots flare out at the collars. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nikki was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Theren's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Theren is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: He was born into a rich family. In his 16th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Impeccable, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 17000 cp.

Description: She is a husky woman, who wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her brass crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are red.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Saphara lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and doesn't want to be a armorer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Nature. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather. He carries a battered monstrous two handed axe and tarnished greataxe as well. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His blue eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (140 gp).