Description: A middle-aged woman, she usually wears her white robe and has her greataxe always slung over her shoulder, and is pretty ugly. She has black hair. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: This man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. He has moderate length golden hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Roland speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for him.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of magic around her neck, and a longbow on her belt. She is portly but not overly obese. She keeps her long silver crest kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the west to a Mortician, Jheri learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Mortician 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 is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a tea of some kind. She is wearing a long, grey cloak, marred by teas. She is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around her ears. She has gleaming, smiling blue eyes.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She plays an instrument quite well.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Barbena was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 gp. Azurite (15 gp). Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, constantly wearing a tan suit, blue shirt, and black tie. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a Miner, her mother struggled to pay the bills. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 40 pp.