Description: This southern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a broad hat to cover her moderate length black hair. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. 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: Xanaphia hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 cp.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking eastern young adult. He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His black hair is lengthy. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: Zog is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record, Military, Debt. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a scimitar, but if one is not available she will default to her greataxe. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has gray eyes.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Born in the south to a Stylist, Nora learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. 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 ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Stylist for the past few years.

Motivation: To pay off her debts; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Has a crush, Job, Debt. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Azurite (16 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a worn and beaten armor. She has slicked back chestnut hair. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Mortician business.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, she put together a working one.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 19000 sp. Pink pearl (50 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). Malachite (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item.