Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly rapiers and warhammers. Her scarlet crest is lengthy. Her red unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to brag about her accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Gesrethe was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Gesrethe decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Blacksmith kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Disease, Forgetful. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 2000 gp. Red garnet (120 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Peridot (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her black hair is still thick. Her white eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Stableman born in the past three hundred years. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Stableman business.

History: Gifted from a young age, Bune studied abroad. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has taken up work as a Stableman and fed both sides of the war false information with the goal of increasing casualties.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears red robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a greatsword, but if one is not available she will default to her shortspear. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. 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 has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Eye agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his pickaxe, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His blonde hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He was born in the east, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 70 gp. Chrysoberyl (110 gp).