Description: She wears a red shirt, with a tan mid length skirt with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has shaved her head bald. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. When Nikki reached her early adolescence her Halfling mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Flaws: Sensitive. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 12000 gp. Smoky quartz (80 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Jet (100 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Canary diamond (7000 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Jet (100 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Brown-green garnet (100 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Tourmaline (100 gp). Zircon (80 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Star rose quartz (80 gp). Hematite (12 gp).

Description: 5'11" and muscular, this eastern woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. Her blonde hair is smooth and relatively long. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. Some 8 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Emmeline never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Slave, Mentor, In love. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 4000 gp. Black star sapphire (600 gp). Banded agate (16 gp). Red-brown spinel (140 gp). Eye agate (16 gp). Coral (140 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Chrysoberyl (140 gp). Bloodstone (80 gp). White opal (600 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Moonstone (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a black shirt, with a tan mid length shorts with tan tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Dûsh was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Since his father passed away years ago, his mother had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Rich, Military, Mentor, Attractive. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 1000 gp. Smoky quartz (40 gp). Blue star sapphire (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Rich purple corundum (1200 gp). Jasper (40 gp). Peridot (40 gp).

Description: She stands about 4'8" and wears a fancy pastel dress. Her left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. She wears her white fur down. Her eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is a great chef.

History: Born in the south to a Doctor, Moon learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Moon abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shortspear.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 11000 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). Amber (50 gp). Zircon (40 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Black star sapphire (1500 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). Red spinel (50 gp). Peridot (40 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Brown-green garnet (50 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (8 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (8 gp). Banded agate (8 gp). Deep green spinel (50 gp). Chrysoberyl (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she dresses well, wearing tan shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Her necromantic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She seems to be bored by most things; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1600 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (2400 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (200 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her violet leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She carries with her a set of quarterstaffs, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. She keeps her long silver hair kept up in a rat tail. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her green eyes.

Personality: She thrives on attention. She does whatever is in her power to gain the attention of whomever she deems a fit date. 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: Orla was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Druid, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Druid in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. 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 reunite with her old friends; and to be a engraver again

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 2000 gp. Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (400 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (200 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears silk and lounges about seductively. He wears his chestnut hair up. His blue eyes peer out from beneath his small brown hat.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Dean is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Knight. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Job. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 5000 gp. Banded agate (6 gp). Deep blue spinel (1600 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp). Hematite (6 gp). Chrysoprase (50 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Black star sapphire (1600 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Jade (40 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Tourmaline (40 gp). Moss agate (6 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Onyx (50 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Jade (40 gp). Banded agate (6 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Rose (50 gp). Obsidian (6 gp). Red garnet (40 gp). Aquamarine (1600 gp).