Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). Her hair is black and curly. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Anastrianna speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She disdains her fellow easterners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Sage. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 2000 gp. Hematite (4 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Canary diamond (5000 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Freshwater pearl (4 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This light-skinned male prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He is bald on top and has large black tufts of hair around his ears. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand his business; and balancing his hectic life and new crown-heir responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Job. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Irann will drive conversation. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Born in the west her family was never financially stable. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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 wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 3'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his scythe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His hair is silver and very short. His eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. He was taken from his home at a very young age. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Slave. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'5". She wears a simple black robe with tan stripes complete with hood. Her brown hair is thinning but still full. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. After coming to the age of reason, Huru took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Huru was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 39000 sp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears baggy tan pantaloons and a brown scarf. Her black hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. She has gray eyes and a tan hat with a brown feather.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Veloptima is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Superior lock. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Spyglass. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He wears his chestnut hair up. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Banded mail.