Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her red hair is heavily combed to the right. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Elizabeth will drive conversation. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the martial powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. She was granted martial powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. With wild silver hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Murgen's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her first spouse was a Dilettante, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 210 gp.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is generally shirtless and showing off her tattooed chest. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

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 lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is a physically imposing light-skinned man. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His hair is brown, silky, and of moderate length. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep amber.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: Rangrim hails from a village terrorized by brigands. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to brigands demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and he desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 20 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He likes to wear blue tank tops with brown pants. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He keeps his silver hair in a pixie cut. His gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. The war was a terrible time for him, and Mindartis does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: Mindartis was raised in a hard working conservative environment. His childhood dream was to be a Brewer, but he was a colossal failure. He tends to his Courier job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He is content; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Depressed, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 700 pp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a black suit, grey shirt, and red tie. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are likewise red. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and retire the richest man in the north

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 140 gp. Chalcedony (20 gp). 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dyer, and a wedding ring on her right hand. With wild brown hair. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

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. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. 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 east. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: In love, Adventurer, Poor, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 40 gp. Red spinel (160 gp). 1 Everburning torch.