Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, 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 wears a broad hat to hide her balding. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: Lagazi speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: Eye agate (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: She is a Architect first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Katherine 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: Katherine was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Poor. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: She wears a tan tunic with black highlights, and long yellow pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly falchions and longbows. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Rhodochrosite (9 gp).

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He 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. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 33000 sp. Cloth of gold vestments (170 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, he wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. His black hair and beard is wavy and long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.