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 has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She uses divination through singing.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the north. Her parents enrolled her in a Adept school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 12000 sp.

Description: Standing 5'9", this woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with grey lining and desert motifs. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. As a young adult she joined a group advocating for an improvement in Human conditions. 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: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic, Racist. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a tattered pair of loose red pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. Her auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. Her brown eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Body Guard who has hired her part-time. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing music.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Body Guard hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Armorer. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and many dire rats want her driven away

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Poor, Has a crush, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 900 gp.

Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it, and she perpetually has her shield ready. Sporting a golden mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 280 gp.

Description: She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. Her silver hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: Aline was born the youngest of three triplets. 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 north. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Persistence, Professionalism. Bonds: Attractive, Family, In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 sp. Peridot (20 gp).

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His white hair is braided into rings. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep gray.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Zâthra was born in the south. At a young age he loved to build and create. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He found several beat up suits of armor and, cannibalizing spare parts, he put together a working one.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to prove his worth to the world

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She usually wears her tan robe and has her dagger always slung over her shoulder. With wild red hair. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. She found a children's book about a Elf Expert 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. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature dagger.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished woman wears tattered old clothes. She has done her best to style her blonde hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with painting. She constantly tries to fill her life with painting. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered painting. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 150 gp. Red garnet (150 gp).

Description: He wears a fancy blue suit. He carries with him a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His tied-back hair is black. He has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

Personality: He acts crazy and hedonistic. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Actor they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Shipwright, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of his son; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 40000 cp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.