Description: 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 She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. When Ella reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf father passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 3000 sp. Malachite (9 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This tall, slender man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. Iados liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 900 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp).

Description: This woman is wearing a long, grey, dusty cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her red hair is cut short. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson grey hat.

Personality: Whurdred is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born into a rich family. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He is overprotective of those who hire his services. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in the west his family was never financially stable. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He has been saving his money to try and buy his sister's freedom.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1100 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Obsidian (9 gp).

Description: He usually wears his black robe and has his crossbow always slung over his shoulder. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. His eyes are likewise gold. His teeth are white and perfect.

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 thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 700 gp. Chalcedony (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Her yellow eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. 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, Kite is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her mother always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tabaxis in the east were limited. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. Sporting a brown mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge; and money/treasure

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 70 pp.