Description: 5'7" and muscular, this southern woman prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. She has white hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Family, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 80 gp. Obsidian (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This malnourished woman wears a robe, a symbol of luck around her neck, and a club on her belt. Her silver hair is long and unkept. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Bather 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 giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Yevelda fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 13000 cp. 3 Tanglefoot bags. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she prefers to wear pastel clothing when she does not wear armor. Her fur is lavender and very short. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. She disdains her fellow westerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Fisher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Shadow was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Fisher. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: To end her boredom; and she has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Job. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 310 gp.

Description: She wears an entirely tan suit with black socks and a vest with buckled shoes, and she perpetually has her morningstar ready. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Fortune-teller born in the past three hundred years. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Elves in Baelitae's homeland. Baelitae decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fortune-teller for hire.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 300 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: She usually wears her tan robe and has her longsword always slung over her shoulder, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her brown eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 14000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'7" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. His crest is gold and curly. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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, Norkruuth is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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 Healer. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and balancing his hectic life and new healer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 100 gp. Blue quartz (13 gp).

Description: A man with a friendly, welcoming air about him, he wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy brown hair. His violet eyes peer out from beneath his broad white hat.

Personality: He trusts no one. He is not readily capable for forgiveness and his ire never leaves him. Flattery will make him almost putty in your hands.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious eastern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Oblar was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Selfish. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his kukri with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Trained by his mother for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: He is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out; and he wants to meet his childhood hero

Flaws: Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Military, Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Server

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple pastel line shooting up and back down. She sports blonde long hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. She does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Athletic, Opinionated, Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 270 gp.