Description: 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 is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly maces and scythes. Her long purple hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her eyes are a pleasant black.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: Astaro was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. As a very small child her family refused to pay dues to a local crime lord, who ordered them killed. Her father, a somewhat powerful mage sought to protect her and cast a teleportation spell that whisked her away. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Job, Family. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a brown cloak and cross-gartered black stockings. Her auburn hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Since her mother passed away years ago, her father 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 hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 40 gp. Carnelian (70 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: 5'4" and muscular, this western man is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and brown handkerchief worn on his right side. He has wavy blonde hair. His eyes are blue and catlike.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 66. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. A large tome filled with over one hundred recipes written by a former royal chef. (150 gp).

Description: He is an average looking eastern male in his early mid-life. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. His chestnut hair is lengthy. His eyes are likewise silver. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: Born in the east to a Marshal, Sammal learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Sammal liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He's also a talented Sculptor, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: He loathes his own lifestyle; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Family, Job, Nature. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a pastel tunic with green highlights, and long grey pants that bunch up around her shoes. She keeps her long lavender fur kept up in a rat tail. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: Flame lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Flame liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She was granted druidic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Barber; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 40 pp. Deep blue spinel (500 gp).

Description: She wears a pastel shirt with thin brown vertical stripes and tan pants. She is portly but not overly obese. She has wavy brown fur. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is ready at a moment's notice to give into her darker urges. She is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. She often ends up burning people alive in the fires she starts.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Server arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. Being a Server kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Mundane, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 13000 cp. Amber (160 gp).

Description: She wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and carries shortbows. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to cover her moderate length brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She got away from her former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she feels threatened by others

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (11 gp). 1 Buckler.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His brass crest is still thick. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. Around other people he will do his best to conceal his emotions and appear jolly.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He has since married many spouses, only to have them die. He claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer, In love. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 60 gp. Jet (120 gp).

Description: He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His white hair is long and unkept. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Tiefling artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 2400 sp.