Description: A moderately attractive woman, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. This amber eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She has a hair trigger and will fly into rage over the tiniest perceived slights.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized black coat. His brown hair is long and unkept. His violet unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with singing. He constantly tries to fill his life with singing. 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: Akoth was born the youngest of three triplets. Being born in the south, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the south for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has never given up on his singing dream.

Motivation: To unite with his brother; and marry his brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: An older woman who wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition, she is not a threatening figure. She wears her copper crest down. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: Tatyan speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. She is clearly well-traveled and educated. She also is a firm believer in the womanly ideal.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 1 Banded mail.

Description: This man stands a little under 3'3" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears a tan armored body suit, with a simple brown line shooting up and back down. He keeps his black hair in a pixie cut. His face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. His spectacle hidden eyes are a deep green.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. Cockaby was born on a far eastern plains where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Engraver. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Blue quartz (11 gp). Banded agate (11 gp).

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a simple yellow robe with red stripes complete with hood. With bright red hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull blue iron scale mail. She is physically well-built. She wears her auburn hair up. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines hazel.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is a great chef.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. After coming to the age of reason, Greeba took it upon herself to study the divine arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 700 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has styled his silver hair well, parting it to the left. His brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Shy, Insane, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 390 gp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is of a modest build and height, but he carries himself more imposing than he is. He is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. With bright black hair and a scraggly beard. His hazel eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. Rolf enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He tends to his Adventurer job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations he has.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 300 gp. Moonstone (30 gp). Red garnet (150 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This woman wears a pastel tunic with brown highlights, and long black pants that bunch up around her shoes. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her lavender fur is thinning but still full. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She worked as a nervous Carpenter and found it very stressful. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Carpenter and was forced into it by her family; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: Just what you see.