Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her silver hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

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 a great chef.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and to unite with her brother

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She prefers to wear flannel. Her white hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She is a bit of a macho woman and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

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. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Elves in the east were limited. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She stands about 4'1" and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her eyes are violet and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Anbera hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She takes great joy in being the best Ruler in town.

History: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her mother. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Ruler. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1600 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: The light-skinned woman stands 2'9" and wears a white top hat and white clothes. She wears her brown hair down. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born in a small desert village. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1200 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This eastern man is abnormally tall. He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft pastel waves gently in the breeze. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. With bright blonde hair and a scraggly beard. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are brown.

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 refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well.

Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Family, Religious. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 pp. A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (500 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (70 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (10 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with small hat. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her tied-back hair is red. Her eyes are likewise brown.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the south to a Shepherd, Tana learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 has worked as a Shepherd like her mother before her.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Shepherd responsibilities is difficult; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 400 gp. Star rose quartz (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Lapis lazuli (15 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears professional attire. Her lavender fur is lengthy. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this southern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: Dagger was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She sought a place where she would be rewarded solely on the merits of her skills. This search led her directly into Mayor work with an outfit from a few towns over. Mayor work suited her well, and with each successful project, she earned more gold and more respect from her peers. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man is generally shirtless and showing off his tattooed chest. He wears his blonde hair up in a very large beehive style do. His half smiles and amber eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown coat over a white low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon his head. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Nordak liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to be a bookbinder again

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 140 pp. Obsidian (7 gp).