Description: 5'1" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is quiet and unassuming. She ignores others and carries on with her job unassumingly. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Maiathah lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Healer for hire.

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

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 400 gp. Jasper (70 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Chalcedony (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: His right side is far more bruised and cut up than his other. He wears a white collared shirt and brown pants. He accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across his shirt. He is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around his ears. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. Howard enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears an entirely brown suit with blue socks and a vest with buckled shoes. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Dwarves.

History: Gifted from a young age, Therlin studied abroad. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Half-Elven compassion.

Ideals: Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 300 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. His ears are large.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. He is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

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. His first spouse was a Spice Merchant, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Spice Merchant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Layabout, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: To unite with his sister.

Ideals: Justice, Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He is an average looking western male in his early mid-life. He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. His red hair and beard is wavy and long. His brown eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: John was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1400 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.