Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her green eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Tiaathque hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her father.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. 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: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is braided into rings. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He's a bit of a prankster. He knows he is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature club.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. Her auburn hair is cut short. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines blue.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Gunnloda abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: This tall, slender woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and doesn't want to be a bounty hunter and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 20 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (50 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. Meriele enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Meriele was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Adept, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Adept in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She 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. She has dedicated herself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Antitoxin. 1 Everburning torch. 1 Antitoxin.