Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She has blonde hair. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Ella is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Performer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Impulsive. Bonds: Military, Has a crush. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 1200 gp. Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: This late middle aged man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with violet colored cloaks and clothing and is in decent physical shape. He has no hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady gray eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is accommodating to his spouse and as such limits his hospitality. He is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven himself a capable leader.

History: Varis was born the youngest of three triplets. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered south to less war torn lands. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He likes to wear grey tank tops with brown pants. He carries with him a set of axes, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is brown. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 160 gp. Rock crystal (40 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her sickle with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. Her silver hair is wavy and long. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Dell was born the youngest of three triplets. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She is physically well-built. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Insane, Fearful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Body Guard. He has chestnut hair. His eyes are likewise green. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Body Guard. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Darrak was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Body Guard. In the meantime he has taken over work as a Body Guard and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: He's attracted to the PC; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black opal (1200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Red spinel (60 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a large green jacket. His wide-brimmed hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Chem 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Shy. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 1700 pp. Black pearl (1300 gp). Golden pearl (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Onyx (20 gp). 1 Major magic item.