Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly glaives and longbows. Her hair is black and very short. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Shava lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Attractive, Family. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 80 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a black coat over a tan low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon his head. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Nicor was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Navigator, they had one son, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Navigator they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Slave Trader, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1400 gp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has done her best to style her rusty crest to look like a famous performer. Her gold eyes peer out from beneath her deerstalker black hat.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Nuthra was born the youngest of three triplets. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Smokesticks. 4 Thunderstones. 4 Antitoxin.

Description: An older woman who likes to wear ponchos typically of a light brown in addition to tight pants, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. Katherine liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She struck the Fisher job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Job, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 370 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a green cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. She has done her best to style her gold crest to look like a famous performer. She has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

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 does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: Born in the north to a Butcher, Eggren learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Athletic, Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 11000 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his black robe. His black hair, when down, is lengthy. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Forcas is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. His philosophy is that everyone needs a friend and as such shows hospitality towards all.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. Since then, he has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his warhammer with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His auburn hair is greasy and uncared for. His gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. A freak accident while working with his Butcher father left him crippled. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease, Insomniac. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 150 gp. Malachite (11 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This southern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty pastel coat over it. His red fur is lengthy. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. His parents were killed by dire rats in a raid when he was still a young child. The dire rats captured him, and made him a slave and general play-thing. He was beaten and tortured regularly, leading to his deformed appearance. Days after completing his studies, news broke out that his hometown was attacked by dire rats. Left-Handed was horrified and prayed that his father was alright. However, he heard that his father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and many dire rats want him driven away

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Impulsive. Bonds: Mentor, Enemies. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She typically wears grey cloth garments or leather armor. She is an epitome of beauty. She wears her golden hair up. She is baby faced.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She got into the Crown-heir business at a young age. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has achieved small success as a Crown-heir.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 gp. An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (130 gp).