Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her hair is short and blonde. Her brown eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson violet hat.

Personality: Ermina hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her music career. She has all her life been fascinated with music.

History: She comes from a rich western family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ermina grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Ermina. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 140 gp.

Description: He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He has all his life been fascinated with music.

History: Berrian was born with his father's beautiful face. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered music. After a long history of fighting, Berrian and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10 pp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Old masterpiece painting (400 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. His hair is golden and curly. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Brewer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 500 sp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a worn and beaten armor, and is pretty ugly. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small white clips. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Greeba is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Crown-heir work with an outfit from a few towns over. Crown-heir work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Courier. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Azurite (6 gp). Black opal (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times, and he perpetually has his greataxe ready. His silver hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His first spouse was a Fisher, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Mentor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: Standing 3'0", this woman wears suspenders and red workpants. Her shirt is blue, and she wears a heavy red leather apron most of the time. She sports chestnut long hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Gynnie liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Tiefling compassion; and a strong sense of loyalty to tiefling people

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Racist. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp. Violet garnet (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Sardonyx (50 gp).

Description: With green face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he has a large tan mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His chestnut hair, when down, is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Oppleby was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Military, Religious, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: Pink pearl (150 gp). Eye agate (10 gp).