Description: This northern man wears silk and lounges about seductively. His clothes are grease stained in places. His golden hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: The child of northern immigrants he idolized his father. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is heavily combed to the right. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Jasper (50 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Malachite (14 gp).

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears dull brown sweaters, loose violet pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed rapier, just in case. She keeps her long gray fur kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 1800 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (180 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (5000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is dressed in an above average manner. She has done her best to style her auburn hair to look like a famous performer. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Willow speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised in a plains tribe. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: Just what you see.