Description: She is a husky woman, who wears tattered old clothes. Her long golden hair reaches down to her waist. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Dwarves in Vistra's homeland. Vistra decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

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

Ideals: Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 pp. Golden yellow topaz (1300 gp). Lapis lazuli (6 gp). Rock crystal (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Pink pearl (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1600 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Eye agate (6 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she is renowned for her bright black dresses and hats. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Job, Religious. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 800 pp. Eye agate (12 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Moss agate (12 gp). Citrine (70 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Chrysoprase (70 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Amber (160 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Aquamarine (800 gp). Iolite (70 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Tourmaline (160 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are gold and catlike.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Burana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 7000 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (160 gp). Solid gold idol (900 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He is portly but not overly obese. His hair is cut close to his head. His eyes are gray.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Pikar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. 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 hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Military, Debt, Adventurer. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 3000 gp. Chalcedony (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (110 gp). Red-brown spinel (110 gp). Smoky quartz (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 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. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright brown suits and hats. He is portly but not overly obese. His fur is red and curly. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: He was born in a small mountains village. Sun was born on a far northern mountains where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Cartwright. He now spends his time doing works of charity.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and he has a crush on the local carpenter

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Has a crush, Nature, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 2000 gp. Jade (160 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Golden pearl (160 gp). Emerald (1000 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Freshwater pearl (7 gp). Rhodochrosite (7 gp). Sardonyx (20 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (1000 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1000 gp). Black pearl (900 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Brown-green garnet (160 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear flannel. He wears his white hair up in a very large beehive style do. His eyes are likewise gray. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Mentor. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 800 pp. Sardonyx (50 gp). Coral (60 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Sard (50 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Rhodochrosite (4 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Jade (60 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Carnelian (50 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amber (60 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). Rich purple corundum (400 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). White pearl (60 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she wears a white collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a yellow scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is white and curly. Her eyes are gray and catlike.

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. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Gynnie lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her mother gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her mother, who blamed her for driving them apart. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Addict. Bonds: Family, Military. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 1100 pp. Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Red spinel (70 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Chalcedony (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (70 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Blue quartz (14 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Rhodochrosite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Violet garnet (1400 gp). Jasper (80 gp). Rich purple corundum (1500 gp). Deep blue spinel (1400 gp). Jet (70 gp). Carnelian (80 gp). Black pearl (1400 gp). Sardonyx (80 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Citrine (80 gp). Aquamarine (1400 gp).