Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. 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 has shaved her head bald. Her fierce gray eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered dire rats who tried to eat her hand. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against dire rats.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. He has no hair. His eyes are amber.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: The child of a Butcher, who enjoyed hunting, Thervan was taken on many hunting expeditions. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Religious. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: This woman prefers to wear black clothing when she does not wear armor. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized sapphire on her right hand. Her white hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Fletcher first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the north to a Fletcher, Hecat learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Being a Fletcher 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 has decided she is irredeemable; and a strong sense of loyalty to half-orc people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Job, Adventurer, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Deep green spinel (70 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. Red spinel (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull violet iron scale mail. He wears his auburn hair up. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (100 gp).