Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She wears baggy violet pantaloons and a grey scarf. She sports brown long hair. She has brown eyes.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Althaea was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the desert to a summer home near a old dungeon. She would wander through that old dungeon and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the desert due to the painful memories there. Althaea took refuge in the old dungeon and found the beat up club and armor she uses now. She's also a talented Server, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and expand her business

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, In love, Job, Nature. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1000 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). Amethyst (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Golden yellow topaz (500 gp). Citrine (20 gp). Obsidian (8 gp). Brown-green garnet (130 gp). Malachite (8 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears a white tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her hair is red and very short. Her ears are large.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (14 gp). Citrine (40 gp). Violet garnet (500 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Blue sapphire (1100 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has done her best to style her chestnut hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are likewise red. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Damaia hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. Damaia is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. Her first spouse was a Crown-heir, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Cook and was forced into it by her family; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1100 pp. Red spinel (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). Black pearl (400 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Jade (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (400 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Red garnet (70 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp).

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: Born to a Map Maker, her mother struggled to pay the bills. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Armorer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 9000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (900 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Jeweled electrum ring (4000 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (30 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (400 gp).

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered blue stockings. His red hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are likewise amber. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Being born in the south, 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 south 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 west. By chance he met his sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 900 pp. Lapis lazuli (7 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). Jade (140 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Malachite (7 gp).

Description: This woman wears a fancy blue dress. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized emerald on her right hand. Her silver hair is heavily combed to the right. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

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's also a talented Carpenter, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, In love. Occupation: Server

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 7000 gp. Gold music box (2000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (180 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (180 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Gold music box (2000 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (2000 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1500 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1100 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with green lining and desert motifs. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a jet on the hilt. His white crest is drawn into a tight pony tail with a cross scrunchie. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with dancing. He constantly tries to fill his life with dancing. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Azzakh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He's also a talented Mason, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Stableman responsibilities is difficult; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. Zircon (70 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Deep green spinel (150 gp). White opal (1600 gp). Rock crystal (70 gp). Obsidian (9 gp). Red-brown spinel (150 gp). Red spinel (150 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Moss agate (9 gp). Jet (150 gp).