Description: This tall, slender woman wears tattered old clothes. Her cinnamon fur is braided into rings. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Interpreter arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Aquamarine (1200 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (150 gp).

Description: She wears a red feathered hat and red clothes. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are blue and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Dyer but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Jasmine was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Dyer work with an outfit from a few towns over. Dyer work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Dyer for hire.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Pacifist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Solid gold idol (400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: This malnourished man wears a yellow armored body suit, with a simple white line shooting up and back down. His blonde hair is still thick. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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 was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. 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: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Shepherd arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. 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; and she is greedy

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears an entirely black suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. She has wavy brown hair. Her skin is flawless and her violet eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She uses divination through singing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tagga studied abroad. Her parents enrolled her in a Warrior school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'8" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a tan deerstalker hat and tan clothes. Her blonde hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. When Baelitae reached her early adolescence her 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 2400 sp. Red garnet (90 gp). Red spinel (90 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she prefers to wear flannel. She has dyed her greying scarlet crest a little too much giving a sharp scarlet color. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Daar was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her father was employed at, doing general labor. In her 15th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Daar alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: Revenge; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.