Description: This southern woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is chestnut and very short. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

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. Her parents enrolled her in a Fighter school at a young age so that she could practice her psionic talents. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Many gnolls want her driven away.

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2100 gp. Hematite (13 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Amber (140 gp). Azurite (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy black pantaloons and a blue scarf. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her hand crossbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a rose on it. Her crest is silver and curly. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 20 pp. Moonstone (20 gp). Aquamarine (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Azurite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his flail with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His crest is brass and curly. His gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

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. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. After a long history of fighting, Norkruuth and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Malachite (16 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. She usually doesn't wear a shirt. Her auburn hair is wavy and long. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The mother sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her mother's willingness to do anything to win. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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 she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Chain shirt. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her hair is black and curly. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her broad violet hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born in the north. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of philosophers.

Motivation: To be a Performer again; and further expansion of business

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful, Secretive. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She prefers to wear white pants and tee shirts. Her hair is brown and very short. Her eyes are violet and catlike.

Personality: She likes to make people angry or surprised. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. Her black hair is lengthy. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She considers herself the perfect lady. She makes a point to always show proper etiquette and frequently critiques the etiquette of others. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She comes from a rich western family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. In the meantime she has taken over work as a Apothecary and occasionally as a mercenary.

Motivation: She feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world; and expand her business

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Hematite (10 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times. Her chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep hazel.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Pacifist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 100 gp. Aquamarine (500 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born in the south. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has achieved small success as a Adventurer.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Adventurer responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 70 pp. 1 Minor magic item.