Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, marred by sweets. Her head has been shaved. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. 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: Ilde lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 400 pp. Jasper (80 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This younger middle-aged man is renowned for his bright grey suits and hats, and a wedding ring on his left hand. He wears a deerstalker hat to hide his balding. His skin is flawless and his green eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 61. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he is content

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: In love, Attractive, Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1800 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

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. Her silver hair is smooth and relatively long. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is vehemently anti-magic. All of it is evil and corrupting in her opinion.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 4000 gp. Lapis lazuli (13 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). Jasper (30 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. He is portly but not overly obese. His red crest is braided into rings. His eyes are gold and beady.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. He is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Slave. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 1300 pp. Freshwater pearl (11 gp). Smoky quartz (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Canary diamond (3000 gp). Obsidian (11 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Jade (50 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Blue quartz (11 gp). White opal (1200 gp).

Description: A 4'11" western woman, she wears black painted combat armor at almost all times. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She has a cruel streak; something she gained from her previous mentor. She harbors resentment against her former mentor.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. Through the years after Arha was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Arha's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to prove her worth to the world

Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 4000 gp. Aquamarine (1300 gp). Eye agate (15 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). White pearl (90 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a pastel coat with blue slacks. Her long auburn hair reaches down to her waist. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Military, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1000 pp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Deep green spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (16 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Jacinth (7000 gp). Rhodochrosite (16 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Violet garnet (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the right. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She struck the Assassin job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 700 pp. Moss agate (7 gp). Coral (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Hematite (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp). Banded agate (7 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Red garnet (100 gp). Star rose quartz (50 gp).