Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized violet coat. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Birel is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her mother. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the south were limited. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Addict, Shy. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His silver hair is smooth and relatively long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Kûga hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Apothecary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born at the edge of vast plains. Kûga was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Apothecary. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Artistic, Pacifist. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 6000 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Eye agate (8 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She carries with her a set of axes, each one with a topaz on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. Her brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a brown collared shirt and tan skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her right hand. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Fragrant abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Humans. Her skin is light but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 40 gp.