Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair, while still mostly blue, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise white.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the north to a Bricklayer, Astaro learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Tieflings became a terror of the countryside. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to be a junk dealer again

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 900 pp. Aquamarine (700 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). Aquamarine (700 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). White opal (600 gp). Peridot (20 gp).

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. His red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Marshal hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Forgetful, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 4000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her white crest is thinning but still full. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Guard but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Arava grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Bellfounder they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Guard, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and balancing her hectic life and new guard responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Family, Job. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 3000 gp. Banded agate (11 gp). Jet (130 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Coral (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her yellow fur is long and unkept. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. Around other people she will do her best to conceal her emotions and appear jolly.

History: She comes from a rich western family. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 5000 gp. Azurite (11 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Rhodochrosite (11 gp). Sard (60 gp). Iolite (60 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Amber (90 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Star rose quartz (60 gp). Aquamarine (400 gp). Zircon (60 gp). Coral (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 6'5" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her dark red hair is smooth and relatively long. She has black eyes.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She cannot resist a sob story and will often dote over anyone who has one.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 800 pp. Peridot (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp). Jet (150 gp). Bloodstone (40 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged man, he is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright red and grey, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and is pretty ugly. His chestnut hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. He married young, but lost his spouse to goblins. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to goblins demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and he is greedy

Flaws: Ugly, Secretive, Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Military. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 8000 gp. Deep blue spinel (700 gp). Peridot (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Moonstone (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp). Azurite (8 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Freshwater pearl (8 gp). Silver pearl (100 gp). Deep green spinel (100 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Alexandrite (700 gp). Black opal (1100 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man is wearing a tight tan one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape, and a wedding ring on his left hand. His red hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He has a dull look in his amber eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He is greedy.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Rich. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 5000 gp.