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 wears her black hair down. Her eyes are hazel and catlike.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. 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 struck the Unemployed job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Unemployed and was forced into it by her family; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Military, Job, Family. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 200 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Malachite (12 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears an entirely violet suit with white socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His golden hair is knotted and matted. His brown eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Architect born in the past three hundred years. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Architect work with an outfit from a few towns over. Architect work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and he seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Fearful, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1000 gp. Moss agate (13 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She stands about 3'10" and is renowned for her bright brown dresses and hats. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her chestnut hair is thinning but still full. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a daughter. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, In love. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 230 gp. Blue quartz (12 gp).

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she wears a green costume with the symbols of her god on her torso. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her red eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Apothecary born in the past three hundred years. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: To be a Laborer again; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Gifted, Optimist. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1300 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (40 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a worn and beaten armor. She carries with her a set of crossbows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She sports a flattop crest cut. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: Born to a Bookbinder, her mother struggled to pay the bills. After coming to the age of reason, Savaran took it upon herself to study the arcane arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she is content

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'0" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born into a rich family. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 200 gp. Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (600 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (160 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears dull black sweaters, loose red pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed flail, just in case. Her hair is silver and curly. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines black.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Verin embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She is able to fit into much smaller and tighter spaces than normal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and she seems to be bored by most things

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 8000 sp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears grey painted combat armor at almost all times, and carries sickles. Her long white hair reaches down to her waist. Her violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. 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: To end her boredom; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Mundane. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She has a large yellow mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her black robe. She has dyed her greying blonde hair a little too much giving a sharp blonde color. This hazel eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Felosial was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. 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 now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Mentor, Has a crush. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: Just what you see.