Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her black hair is braided into rings. She has brown eyes and a blue hat with a white feather.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Dara has worked very hard to control her curse. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is greedy

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 pp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (10 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (3000 gp). Silver ewer (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This slender man stands about 6'0". He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down. He sports a flattop hair cut. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: Hûra speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. Hûra is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his sisters into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 700 gp. Smoky quartz (20 gp). Jet (150 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. His hair is chestnut and curly. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his mother, who blamed him for driving them apart. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: To end his boredom; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 11000 sp. Freshwater pearl (10 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: She is envious of other's things. She hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that she so desires. 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, Emma is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur, Impeccable. Flaws: Greedy. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. She carries her fan with her everywhere and carries herself as the perfect lady. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. Her gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 500 gp. Moss agate (5 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 5'0" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is pastel, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This man wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears his cinnamon fur down. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: His divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.