Description: This woman wears green leather gloves, a green jacket, and tight pants. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. Her black eyes peer out from beneath her feathered green hat.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Mastema was born with her mother's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Mayor. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and she's in love

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 80 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp).

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. She carries a battered nunchaku and tarnished greataxe as well. She has wavy brown hair. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She got into the Mercenary business at a young age. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mercenary work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mercenary work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Baker they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Mercenary, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and doesn't want to be a mercenary and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Job. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Bullseye lantern.

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a white tunic with black highlights, and long pastel pants that bunch up around her shoes. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length silver hair. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Philantrophist, Impeccable. Bonds: Religious, Poor, Family. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 60 gp. White pearl (130 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: This southern man wears professional attire. His clothes are grease stained in places. His black hair has been sun bleached extensively. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Varis was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Flaws: Cynical, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing red cape and mantle trimmed with soft black waves gently in the breeze. He has done his best to style his silver hair to look like a famous performer. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Ghaliver will drive conversation. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: When he was but 4 years old his parents immigrated from the west. Through the years after Ghaliver was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Ghaliver's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Extrovert, Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears skinny pants and wears a brown and red robe with the hood down. She has dyed her greying black fur a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes gnolls are coming to abduct people. She is always in debt, since she spends her money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Harvest 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 has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to gnolls demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 130 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp). 1 Simple lock.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a worn and beaten armor. His rusty crest is greasy and uncared for. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Shamash was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Shamash decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. Being a Merchant kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 170 pp. Hematite (6 gp). Pink pearl (160 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). Blue sapphire (800 gp). 1 Minor magic item.