Description: This slender woman stands about 5'9". She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered violet hat.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She has a small toy that she constantly fidgets with.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her mother. At some point she was captured by brigands and was tortured. After several years of this she finally managed to escape. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by brigands. Joan was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the brigands.

Motivation: A deep hatred of brigands; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it

Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1900 pp. Red garnet (70 gp). Azurite (5 gp). Hematite (5 gp). Citrine (60 gp). Jet (70 gp). Alexandrite (900 gp). Smoky quartz (60 gp). Golden yellow topaz (900 gp).

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears professional attire. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are silver and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Andram was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Passionate. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 11000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Pink pearl (130 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Red garnet (130 gp). Chrysoberyl (130 gp). Rose (40 gp). Violet garnet (800 gp). Chalcedony (40 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Rich purple corundum (800 gp). Black pearl (800 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Amber (130 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). White opal (800 gp). Golden yellow topaz (800 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her hair is brown and curly. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miller hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. She bought a monstrous two handed axe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and to settle down with her crush

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional. Bonds: Poor, Nature. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 600 pp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is heavily combed to the left. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She uses her nature as a weapon; she likes to lead opponents to think her in distress.

History: A child with a great deal of dancing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Secretive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 11000 gp. Coral (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Malachite (4 gp). Banded agate (4 gp). Moss agate (4 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1000 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Chalcedony (50 gp). Fire opal (400 gp). Hematite (4 gp). Clear bright green emerald (6000 gp). Peridot (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Bloodstone (50 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). Silver pearl (70 gp). Aquamarine (1000 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). Banded agate (4 gp).

Description: He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty white coat over it. He carries with him a set of whips, each one with a emerald on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. His hair is white and curly. He has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. He loves his children and doesn't want them to worry about him. He loves to share his music with anyone who is interested.

History: Dorn was born the youngest of three triplets. His first spouse was a Layabout, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 6000 gp. Hematite (9 gp). Moonstone (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He wears an amalgamation of clothes and depending on the season will wear more layers of the continuing hodge podge. His hair is long and auburn with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small white clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. His ears are large.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. He loves being with his children and actually smiles when they are around. He would do anything for them. He dislikes his ex a great deal.

History: Yurk was born the youngest of three triplets. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered writing. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Beggar.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and to be a shepherd again

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 6000 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (400 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (4000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (600 gp). An abacus with copper, silver and gold markers (90 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (1000 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: She wears a yellow shirt with thin violet vertical stripes and tan pants. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her green eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Shanairla was born with her father's beautiful face. Since her father passed away years ago, her mother had doted on her, and she came to think her herself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by her attractiveness, a trait in which she easily excels the other women of her town. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 5000 gp. Star ruby (1000 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Iolite (20 gp). Jasper (20 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Lapis lazuli (12 gp). Deep green spinel (120 gp). Tourmaline (120 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Amethyst (120 gp). Black star sapphire (1000 gp). Obsidian (12 gp).