Description: She is a pot bellied eastern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a yellow costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. Her silver hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Bonds: Family, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 6000 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Rose (80 gp). Malachite (6 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a black vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His blue leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his black boots flare out at the collars. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are blue and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He was granted psionic powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Slave. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 8000 gp. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is an attractive man, lean and moderately muscular. He wears baggy brown pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Cory was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 7000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1900 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1900 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1900 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (160 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (160 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 5'10" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tight fitting pastel shirt and pants. He keeps his long white fur kept up in a rat tail. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Shepherd but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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 moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Military. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Bloodstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Alexandrite (1600 gp). Tourmaline (60 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a grey broad hat and grey clothes. Her black hair is heavily combed to the left. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Kristryd was born the youngest of three triplets. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 3 years.

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

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Peridot (50 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Star ruby (400 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Amber (120 gp).

Description: She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a broad hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: Nala hails from a village terrorized by illithids. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Revenge.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Rich. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: Hematite (11 gp). Black star sapphire (500 gp). Bloodstone (70 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Smoky quartz (70 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Star ruby (500 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Fire opal (500 gp). Coral (70 gp). Coral (70 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). Jade (70 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This man wears bulky violet painted plate armor, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: When he was but 7 years old his parents immigrated from the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Elves in the west were limited. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 500 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.