Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is long and golden with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. 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: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Jarana was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jarana decided she wanted neither the life of her mother nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He stands about 6'10" and wears green painted combat armor at almost all times. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His dark red hair is heavily combed to the left. His half smiles and silver eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

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 believes the world needs to unite to get rid of drow once and for all.

History: Forcas was born with his father's beautiful face. As a young child he wandered into the woods despite his father's warnings against it. Afterwards he claimed he had encountered drow who tried to eat his hand. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: Revenge; and a deep hatred of drow

Ideals: Opinionated. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 1700 gp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He tends to wear a blue poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His golden hair is knotted and matted. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: A grumpy guy he will invite people to lunch so he can critique them. Yet he still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Performer hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 150 pp. Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft green waves gently in the breeze. He has white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

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. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and he is content

Ideals: Opinionated, Joker. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 600 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

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

Ideals: Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 700 gp. Eye agate (8 gp). Lapis lazuli (8 gp). Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a black scarf. She is bald on top and has large white tufts of hair around her ears. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: She is a Maurezhi in disguise. She found a children's book about a Half-Elf Bard who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 300 pp. Gold music box (4000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears bulky blue painted plate armor. She carries with her a set of bastard swords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her hair is short and golden. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Shamil enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To end her boredom.

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Hedonist, Mundane. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 600 pp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). Emerald (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Onyx (80 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Iolite (80 gp). Rose (80 gp). Jet (110 gp).

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: Drenna hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She worked as a nervous Banker and found it very stressful. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 sp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Citrine (20 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A 2'11" southern woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has golden hair. This green eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: Thea was born in the south. At a young age she loved to build and create. She dropped out of school to support her sick mother, and resented it. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical, Persistence. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 gp.