Description: She stands about 3'5" 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 left leg appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears a colorful flower in her white hair. This green eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Nyx was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and to clean up the streets

Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Rich, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This man tends to wear a large black jacket. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has moderate length white hair. His white eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the east. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Sculptor.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant, Job, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He has a missing right leg. He prefers to wear flannel. His chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 19000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she prefers to wear grey clothing when she does not wear armor. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Kristryd lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her hair, while still mostly chestnut, has prominent grey streaks. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Tenena grew up listening to her mother's many stories. 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 leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red spinel (60 gp).