Description: She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her bastard sword, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. With wild chestnut hair. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is happy with her job as a Slave Trader. She turns her eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insane, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Slave, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 400 pp. Obsidian (16 gp). Pink pearl (140 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Sard (30 gp). Brown diamond (3000 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Susannah lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gifted student she started as a Adventurer, but she got bored and became a Butcher. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and regain custody of her son

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich, Family, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has a hunchback. Her brown hair is greasy and uncared for. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Weaver but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's also a talented Glassblower, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears yellow painted combat armor at almost all times. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Lucan was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 4000 sp.

Description: She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. She carries with her a set of warhammers on her belt, each one with a ruby on the hilt. Her brown hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. In her 12th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Artin alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Slave, Enemies, In love. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: Banded agate (12 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a brown tunic with tan highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Shepherd. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 6 years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Insomniac. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 60000 cp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it, marred by sweets. His blonde hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. He always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted psionic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 15000 cp.