Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and is pretty ugly. She has shaved her head bald. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She has a large white mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her green robe. She keeps her red hair in a pixie cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: Paela was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Paela grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Paela. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Onyx (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1300 gp). Blue-white diamond (3000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. She wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. Beneath her clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. Her copper crest is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are a pleasant gold.

Personality: Hethress is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Slave, Rich, Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 2000 sp. Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Red garnet (130 gp).

Description: This woman stands a little under 2'11" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Vani was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Like her father and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Masseuse. She tends to her Masseuse job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 1700 sp. Iolite (70 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: His skin is bronze and flawless. He wears skinny pants and wears a white and blue robe with the hood down. He is an epitome of beauty. He wears a broad hat to cover his moderate length silver hair. His gray eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He has all his life been fascinated with singing.

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. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 2 years later his spouse died after the birth of his son. Heartbroken, Mozfel never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his son whom he trained as his mother had trained him before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, In love. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This western man is abnormally tall. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: Jasper (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her long gold crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep red.

Personality: She snorts whenever she laughs or is feeling confident. Hillanot enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Hillanot hails from a village terrorized by brigands. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Hillanot was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Enemies, Immigrant. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (40 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (900 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (140 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (700 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.