Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a fancy green dress. She wears her white hair up. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. She is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Because her mother participated in the massacre of their homeland, gnolls burned their ranch to the ground and forced them out. She was preparing to flee to the east, but the outbreak of war prevented her and her father from journeying east to reunite her family. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. He has beige fur. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He seeks to pay back kindness whenever he gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip he always seeks to do solids for his friends.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Persistence, Philantrophist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 300 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (110 gp).

Description: This slender man stands about 4'4". He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. His blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving He disdains his fellow westerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Travok hails from a village terrorized by gnolls. His parents were killed by gnolls in a raid when he was still a young child. The gnolls captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Some 10 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Travok never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Aquamarine (1100 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Moss agate (15 gp).

Description: This eastern woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Mara wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Bard, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: She was born in the east. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Priest hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 3000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Through the years after Mella was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Mella's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). Solid gold idol (600 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp).