Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of white, and is pulled back with small grey clips. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Spice Merchant. His hair is golden and very short. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. A gifted student he started as a Blacksmith, but he got bored and became a Spice Merchant. He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and wants a kiss

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 100 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (8 gp). White pearl (40 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly quarterstaffs and crossbows. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. Her green unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Being a Dyer kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Bloodstone (60 gp).

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. His hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small grey clips. His beard is red, braided, and well cared for. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He plays an instrument quite well.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. A gifted student he started as a Courier, but he got bored and became a Knight. After a long history of fighting, Travok and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: His relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job, Family. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1200 sp. Iolite (20 gp). Tourmaline (50 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her hair is blonde and curly. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born in the east. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and someone believes her a fraud

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 13000 sp.

Description: This woman is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has done her best to style her purple hair to look like a famous performer. Her silver eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 49. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the east. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 sp.

Description: A 3'2" southern man, he wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. With a patchy black beard and wild black hair. His eyes are green and beady.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: He was born in a small forest village. A serious injury left his mother unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm mother. He got money to start a business from the gang present in town. He is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: To pay off his debts.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Debt. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 330 pp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (100 gp).

Description: She likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her scarlet crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

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 always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy, Selfish. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 gp. Amethyst (40 gp). Citrine (50 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Elves. His skin is light but he possesses many green ritualistic tattoos. He wears suspenders and blue workpants. His shirt is green, and he wears a heavy blue leather apron most of the time. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. He is baby faced.

Personality: He does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Riardon lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and doesn't want to be a mortician and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp).