Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are white and beady.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born to a Painter, her father struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Mastema took it upon herself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Poor. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Moss agate (10 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp). Tourmaline (140 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Jet (140 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Black star sapphire (1400 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Banded agate (10 gp). Silver pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (10 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp).

Description: This western woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in earthy colors with a white and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her golden hair is greasy and uncared for. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She takes great joy in being the best Shepherd in town.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Shepherd. She has worked as a Shepherd like her father before her.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to be a assassin again

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Nature. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep violet.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her father was a soldier and died while she was still young. Galiena was left her father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This western man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He is wearing a long, blue, dusty cloak. He sports a flattop hair cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Professionalism, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she prefers to wear yellow clothing when she does not wear armor. Her hair is short and brown. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: She was a bastard born out of an affair, and her father always resented and mistreated her for it out of spite. A gifted student she started as a Interpreter, but she got bored and became a Barkeep. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and she wants revenge against gnolls

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 gp. Eye agate (16 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Through the years after Ermina was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ermina's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 2000 sp. Silver ewer (20 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears dark leathers with embroidery. He keeps his green crest in a pixie cut. He has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in his opinion.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A freak accident while working with his Stableman father left him crippled. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and he is greedy

Ideals: Philantrophist, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp.