Description: She is a pot bellied western woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a green coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her hair is black and curly. She has black eyes and a green hat with a brown feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Ishte embodies much of what other species detest in the Tieflings. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Her martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. 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: Wants to work out more often; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 4000 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.

Description: This tall, slender woman is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are blue.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Priest arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Priest. She tends to her Priest job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: She made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job, Debt. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 8000 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold music box (3000 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (140 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (2200 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 gp). Jeweled gold crown (4000 gp). Solid gold idol (1000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: With black face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a worn and beaten armor. With bright chestnut hair and a scraggly beard. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: Manfred lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Ostracized due to the divine powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Humans became a terror of the countryside. He was granted divine powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and wants to raise his children well

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Religious, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 15000 gp. Eye agate (11 gp). Alexandrite (1400 gp). Sardonyx (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This dark-skinned female wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: Galiena was born the youngest of three triplets. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: Marry her brother to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Debt. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 900 pp. 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: She wears a tan broad hat and tan clothes. She carries with her a set of greatswords, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is smooth and relatively long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Menny was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Sage hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Menny fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic, Insomniac. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 pp. Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (800 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). Moonstone (60 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Eye agate (6 gp).

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her tied-back hair is chestnut. Her eyes are likewise blue.

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. A true patriot, Nurkara would do anything for her country. She is fiercely protective of her fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has worked as a Priest like her mother before her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 600 pp. Banded agate (14 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Peridot (70 gp). Azurite (14 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden pearl (140 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). White pearl (140 gp). Blue star sapphire (600 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Moonstone (70 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp). Freshwater pearl (14 gp).

Description: He is a husky man, who is wearing a tight grey one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. He has shaved his head bald. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

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

History: He was born in the east. A serious injury left his father unemployed and in need of constant care. His family became saddled with debt trying to care for his infirm father. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature bastard sword.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Debt, Job. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 4000 gp. Jeweled electrum ring (6000 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1800 gp). An elaborate, whalebone scrimshaw carving of intertwined orbs, each showing the legend of creation story (20 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1800 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (20 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). 1 Medium magic item.