Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has styled her red hair well, parting it to the right. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Nissa lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Nissa and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Religious. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 1100 sp.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his lance, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. His white crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He is obsessed with his god.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arjhan grew up listening to his father's many stories. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Joker. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 1100 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears a tight fitting grey shirt and pants. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. He is baby faced.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Shepherd for hire.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: Myria hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: When she was but 7 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Myria was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Myria decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty tan coat over it. His brown hair is lengthy. He has violet eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: He is a Doppelganger in disguise. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (900 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (10 gp).