Description: This woman is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized amber on her left hand. Her long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her silver eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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 raised in a island tribe. Astaro abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Banker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her black hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 11000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

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. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Flaws: Disease, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 300 gp. Banded agate (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Chrysoprase (60 gp). Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and carries longbows. She has done her best to style her gray fur to look like a famous performer. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled father and took her father's old job. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted, Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 5'3" northern woman, she wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her white fur is singed and shortened. Her eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She tends to her Sailor job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. Violet garnet (1400 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1400 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (12 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head, and carries hand crossbows. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an apprentice working in his mother's forge. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 6000 sp.

Description: She wears a violet coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Margery will drive conversation. She works hard and plays hard.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Courier. She's also a talented Armorer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 sp.