Description: This woman is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. She has dyed her greying auburn hair a little too much giving a sharp auburn color. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Alain 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. Her family was turned out during the war. She and her family wandered east to less war torn lands. She was granted divine powers by her dying sister.

Motivation: To protect her home; and she's in love

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Secretive, PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp.

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. She conceals her greatsword with her veritable burlap sack of a shirt. She has wavy white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. The war was a terrible time for her, and Phann does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. When Phann reached her early adolescence her Half-Elf 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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life.

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Military, Poor. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 2000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (1100 gp). Black pearl (1100 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Coral (120 gp). Silver pearl (120 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Moss agate (7 gp). Lapis lazuli (7 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears a tight fitting violet shirt and pants and is in decent physical shape. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His green eyes peer out from beneath his top violet hat.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He is an amazing painter.

History: Heward was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. Ostracized due to the psionic powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Half-Elves became a terror of the countryside. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Laborer.

Motivation: To be a Mercenary again; and wishes to resurrect an old love

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, In love. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 5000 gp. Amethyst (90 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). White opal (600 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Alexandrite (600 gp). Red spinel (90 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). Amber (90 gp). Eye agate (13 gp). Sardonyx (30 gp). Freshwater pearl (13 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this western man wears a simple green robe with white stripes complete with hood. He has wavy chestnut hair. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. 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 is greedy; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Secretive, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 14000 gp. Blue sapphire (1600 gp). Alexandrite (1300 gp). Aquamarine (1300 gp). Black pearl (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Chrysoberyl (90 gp). Violet garnet (1300 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). Golden pearl (90 gp). Blue quartz (9 gp). Zircon (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. He has done his best to style his red hair to look like a famous performer. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: Orryn hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate him. It was this clingy personality that held back his painting career. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and regain custody of his son

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Family, Religious, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: 7000 gp. Black pearl (1200 gp). Alexandrite (1200 gp). Deep blue spinel (1200 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Aquamarine (1200 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 woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 pp. Star rose quartz (30 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Jade (110 gp). Silver pearl (110 gp). Hematite (10 gp). White pearl (110 gp). Chrysoprase (30 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Emerald (1100 gp). Violet garnet (600 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Deep green spinel (110 gp). Amber (110 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Pink pearl (110 gp). Pink diamond (7000 gp). Hematite (10 gp). Chrysoberyl (110 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp). Deep blue spinel (600 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She is a very philanthropic person; she spends her free time working at various soup kitchens. Symma is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: Born to a Merchant, her mother struggled to pay the bills. 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, Symma never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Poor, In love. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 7000 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (120 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (120 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (120 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (120 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1500 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (300 gp). Jeweled gold crown (3000 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1500 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1500 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (2200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Solid gold idol (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (2000 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (2000 gp). 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item. 1 Medium magic item.