Description: She likes to wear black tank tops with grey skirt, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 6'0" when asserting herself. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: Vola lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 50 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears long strands of sapphire and short red dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Carter born in the past three hundred years. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. He worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carter.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and expand his business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

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

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has styled her red crest well, parting it to the right. She has gold eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her first spouse was a Scribe, they had one son, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Herbalist for the past few years.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by her family; and expand her business

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 5000 sp. Zircon (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp).

Description: She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She carries with her a set of shortspears, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her gold crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. Her eyes are red and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

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

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 3'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is dressed in an above average manner. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mardred was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She struck the Shipwright job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she's looking for her big break

Bonds: Attractive, Job, Religious, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Silver holy symbol.

Description: This tall, slender woman is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She keeps her silver hair in a flapper bob. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She bought a whip and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Nature, Family. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This woman is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes., and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her golden hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Priest and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 6000 sp. Obsidian (7 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. His skin is flawless and his red eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. Being born in the north, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the north for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way west. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to unite with his brother

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 5000 sp. Emerald (1600 gp). Fire opal (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she likes to wear ponchos typically of a light black in addition to tight pants. She has gold crest. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. Through the years after Furrele was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Furrele's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Furrele and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: Alexandrite (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Jasper (60 gp).