Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a red coat with white slacks. She has a very tight haircut. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. After coming to the age of reason, Diesa took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted necromantic powers by her dying brother.

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

Ideals: Pacifist, Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Bounty Hunter

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she prefers to wear green clothing when she does not wear armor. Her brown hair is heavily combed to the left. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the north. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has never given up on her dancing dream.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Family, Poor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Blue quartz (14 gp).

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his ceremonial dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a card on it. He has wavy scarlet crest. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Norkruuth was taken on many hunting expeditions. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He has worked as a Cartwright like his father before him.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She usually wears her brown robe and has her glaive always slung over her shoulder. She carries with her a set of glaives, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her beige fur is lengthy. Her blue unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a great chef.

History: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Her arcane abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted arcane powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: This tall, slender man is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. His chestnut hair is braided into rings. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is shy and timid. He has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Spice Merchant profession.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Assassin arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Alvyn abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. 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: Expand his business; and to be a spice merchant again

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 3'3" and prefers to wear blue pants and tee shirts. Her blonde hair is heavily combed to the right. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

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 is an amazing painter.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tan painted combat armor at almost all times. His hair is red and curly. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Locksmith but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ribbles was born in the east. At a young age he loved to build and create. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Locksmith hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved; and retire the richest man in the east

Ideals: Optimist, Pacifist, Persistence. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She is in excellent shape and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. Her crest is blue and curly. She has several tiny jet earrings on each ear.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 10th year, her parents were killed by a gnolls raid, leaving Gilkass alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by gnolls. Gilkass was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the gnolls.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs.

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 160 gp.

Description: This woman has the majority of her body covered in plate. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her golden hair is well kept. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes.

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: Chrysoprase (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).