Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her crest is brass and very short. She has red eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Star ruby (1500 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is in excellent shape and prefers to wear green pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: He stands about 6'1" and wears a green costume with the symbols of the sun god on his torso. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. His bronze crest is still thick. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his red eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. His mother was a soldier and died while he was still young. Kaladan was left his mother's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Shy, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3100 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She has a long blonde ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this western gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Herleva was born with her mother's beautiful face. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her white hair is well kept. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She takes great joy in being the best Stylist in town.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Stylist arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She worked as a nervous Stylist and found it very stressful. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: She's in love; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.