Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a simple brown robe with red stripes complete with hood. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. She has blue eyes and a brown hat with a red feather.

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 keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Masseuse hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 600 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Chalcedony (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This fat northern woman has a bulbous nose and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing tan cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of brigands may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She wants revenge against brigands; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older man who wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times, he is not a threatening figure. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: In the realm of puns, he cannot help himself. He feels obliged to make them. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Heir to a fortune, his parents put a great deal of effort into curing his disease. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the west; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 200 sp. Black pearl (300 gp).

Description: This woman wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. She has styled her golden hair well, parting it to the left. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

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. While studying, she fell in love. They married and had a son. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Has a crush, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Buckler.

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. Her long chestnut hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Gnomes became a terror of the countryside. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: He is a pot bellied southern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His auburn hair is cut short. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Seebo was born with his mother's beautiful face. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Athletic, Philantrophist. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 210 gp. Moonstone (20 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Malachite (11 gp).

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His chestnut hair is knotted and matted. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. He receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Born in the east to a Sellsword, Cairn learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. His parents enrolled him in a Commoner school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Fire opal (1500 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a pastel suit, blue shirt, and black tie. He has done his best to style his black fur to look like a famous performer. His eyes are yellow and beady.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Bonds: Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 1000 gp. Old masterpiece painting (1500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear tan pants and tee shirts. He carries with him a set of nunchakus on his belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. His golden hair is thinning but still full. His half smiles and brown eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Aelar lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the east for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Aelar fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: An old rival family wants him found; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 300 gp.