Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying dark red hair a little too much giving a sharp dark red color. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Servant who has hired her part-time. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the east to a Servant, Purah learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She struck the Servant job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Has a crush, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 800 pp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Coral (100 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp). Red garnet (100 gp).

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'2". She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. She has slicked back silver hair. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 4000 gp. Eye agate (6 gp). Star ruby (1400 gp).

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around his neck, and a bastard sword on his belt. His hair, while still mostly silver, has prominent grey streaks. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He likes to make people angry or surprised. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born in a small forest village. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He bought a bastard sword and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 500 pp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1000 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Solid gold idol (1200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This malnourished man tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length red hair. 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 fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent mother; and an old rival family wants him found

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Fighting. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 6000 gp. An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (60 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (110 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (200 gp).

Description: A 6'8" western woman, she dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She keeps her copper crest in a pixie cut. Her red eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 pp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Onyx (30 gp). Rhodochrosite (15 gp). Jet (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). White pearl (80 gp). Banded agate (15 gp). Jet (80 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (15 gp). Carnelian (30 gp). Amethyst (80 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and usually wears her grey robe and has her ceremonial dagger always slung over her shoulder. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are green and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Selfish. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 7000 gp. Eye agate (16 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Black pearl (500 gp). Silver pearl (60 gp). Coral (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This tall, slender woman has a large grey mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her red robe. Her long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Riswynn is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She got into the Seamstress business at a young age. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 13 years.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 6000 gp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). Silver pearl (80 gp). Coral (80 gp). Amethyst (80 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Coral (80 gp). Freshwater pearl (5 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1200 gp). Emerald (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Violet garnet (200 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp). Deep blue spinel (200 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Red garnet (80 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). Citrine (80 gp).