Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She carries with her a set of sickles on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. Her lavender fur is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She uses divination through singing.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Miner. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Miner.

Motivation: To be a Spy again; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Moonstone (40 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Amber (140 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Citrine (40 gp).

Description: This tall, slender man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. He keeps his chestnut hair in a flapper bob. His violet eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He takes great joy in being the best Courier in town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She has a hunchback. Her long white hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her gold eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She takes great joy in being the best Mayor in town.

History: Phelaia lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Addict. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: American accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Standing 3'10", this woman wears a grey shirt with thin black vertical stripes and grey pants. Her hair is golden, silky, and of moderate length. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. The war was a terrible time for her, and Artin does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This malnourished woman wears bulky black painted plate armor. She has shaved her head bald. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. A true patriot, Arha would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she is content

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Military. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 200 gp. Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Eye agate (9 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He keeps his golden hair in a pixie cut. His brown eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Erky hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Erky fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to protect his home

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 270 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is short and brown. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. Lance abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has recently attracted an admirer that believes he's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Adventurer, Has a crush, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: She is lean but muscular and wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. She has red eyes.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Born to a Server, her father struggled to pay the bills. Being born in the east, 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 east 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 south. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Opinionated, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 130 pp. Rock crystal (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (15 gp). Black opal (1500 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Jet (160 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He wears his black hair down. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: The man has a huge range of feeling. He will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how he will be a better person from this day on. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His childhood dream was to be a Doctor, but he was a colossal failure. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Shipwright for the past few years.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1600 gp.