Description: An older woman who wears a fancy black dress, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is short and chestnut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Astaro was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant, Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a worn and beaten armor. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her golden hair is well kept. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She can't help but pocket interesting objects she comes across

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Half-Orc companion (her 'brother'). She became a Miner soon after.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 50 pp. 3 Antitoxin. 3 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes her no end of embarrassment.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 has achieved small success as a Fletcher.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and to be a armorer again

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Forgetful. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He keeps his brown hair in a flapper bob. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Traubon hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his singing career. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Artistic, Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Freshwater pearl (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Canary diamond (2000 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Amethyst (160 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with black colored cloaks and clothing. He carries with him a set of monstrous two handed axes on his belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. His hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. He has red eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Unemployed. The war was a terrible time for him, and Pelaios does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Unemployed. He has worked as a Unemployed like his father before him.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Unemployed responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Military. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 900 gp. Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1700 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2300 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.