Description: An older woman who wears professional attire, she is not a threatening figure. She has wavy dark red hair. Her red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born in a small island village. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

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

Ideals: Pacifist. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 270 gp.

Description: He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Dilettante. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was born in the south. His mother was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. 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: To prove his worth to the world; and he loathes his own lifestyle

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Impulsive, Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Everburning torch.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has wavy silver hair. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are amber.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly longswords and monstrous two handed axes. He has black hair. He has gleaming, smiling gray eyes.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. Further he is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. He moved out north to avoid the crime he committed. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

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; and he is content

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Deep green spinel (100 gp).

Description: An older woman who is wearing a long, tan, dusty cloak, she is not a threatening figure. Her hair is long and chestnut with streaks of red, and is pulled back with small tan clips. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Cursed with vampirism at a very young age, Donella has worked very hard to control her curse. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Has a crush. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 300 gp. White pearl (40 gp). Banded agate (16 gp).

Description: He wears tattered old clothes. He is physically well-built. His crest is rusty and curly. He has gleaming, smiling red eyes.

Personality: He is a Navigator first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: Pandjed was born in the west. At a young age he loved to build and create. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He became a Navigator soon after.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a marshal again

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, In love. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She wears suspenders and grey workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy grey leather apron most of the time. She is portly but not overly obese. Her blonde hair is unkempt and raggedy. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Alice embodies much of what other species detest in the Humans. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Through the years after Alice was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Alice's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. After a long history of fighting, Alice and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Religious. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is a physically imposing light-skinned woman. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. Her hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Slave, Religious. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 gp. Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (500 gp). Solid gold idol (400 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (500 gp). 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears just a tan suit. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. She wears a small hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her eyes are 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 is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 400 gp.