Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. 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: Pyntle lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Pyntle was born on a far western island where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Fisher. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Fisher

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

Possessions: 8000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it. She has done her best to style her black hair to look like a famous performer. Her violet eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: This woman loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Matilda was born the youngest of three triplets. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 80 gp. 2 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is dressed in a clean white cloak covering his clean studded leather, and is pretty ugly. His golden hair is greasy and uncared for. His blue eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. 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 Scribe. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and ceremonial daggers. Her hair is purple and very short. Her eyes are silver and catlike.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 20 gp. Azurite (13 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized yellow coat. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Soveliss was born on a far western plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Sage. 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 is greedy; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 800 gp. Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Small steel mirror. 1 Healer’s kit.