Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with blue slacks. Her black hair is still thick. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Markosian was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Expert, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Expert in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 8000 cp.

Description: He stands about 5'8" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is cut close to his head. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Through the years after Vassago was born, his father became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Vassago's father didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Vassago and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. She keeps her orange fur in a pixie cut. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Tree is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. 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 into a rich family. 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. 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: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tattered pair of loose brown pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Born in the north her family was never financially stable. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest brother, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Dyer for the past few years.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and balancing her hectic life and new dyer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1500 gp. Peridot (30 gp). Alexandrite (200 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Moss agate (14 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 2 years.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Insane, Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 500 sp. 2 Thunderstones.

Description: 3'2" and muscular, this southern man wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. He has styled his chestnut hair well, parting it to the right. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his blue eyes.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Gnome in existence. He will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. He cares deeply for his spouse and does his best to make sure his guests look presentable.

History: He was born in the south. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He left for the south, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Justice, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, In love, Immigrant. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 3000 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (150 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He has a missing left leg. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His hair is black and curly. His face is full, his cheeks are rosy, and he always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in his brown eyes.

Personality: He is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. He also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Revenge; and his name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 300 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Violet garnet (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Blue quartz (16 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Rose (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears dull white sweaters, loose tan pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed glaive, just in case. She has wavy black hair. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 20 gp. Moonstone (40 gp).