Description: An older woman who 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 not a threatening figure. Her golden hair is lengthy. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has worked as a Shoemaker like her mother before her.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the north; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Debt, Job. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Rhymes sentences (sorry)

Possessions: 6000 cp. White pearl (140 gp).

Description: She is a physically imposing dark-skinned woman. She wears bulky white painted plate armor. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Mentor, Military. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He wears a grey shirt, with a black mid length shorts with black tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. He is portly but not overly obese. His golden hair is braided into rings. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Scribe. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. 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 Scribe. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His head has been shaved. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is unhospitable to his core. His small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Slave, Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult man, he wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. With a patchy white beard and wild white hair. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Painter but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Boddynock lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. His mother was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. By chance he met his brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural half-elven artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Pacifist, Impeccable. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 200 sp. Pink pearl (90 gp). 1 Silk rope.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears skinny pants and wears a grey and brown robe with the hood down. His broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He does not care much for physical appearances, nor does he care much for other people. He does however care about what he wants and getting it. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. He always admired martial-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and his spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Lazy. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He wears his white fur down. His eyes are likewise copper. His teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: He was born in a small plains village. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered poetry. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk.

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 3000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (50 gp).

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to his abundance of muscles. His hair is short and silver. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Oppleby and his spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and money/treasure

Flaws: Ugly, Greedy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1400 sp. 1 Crowbar. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 5'7" when asserting herself. She has wavy auburn hair. 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 loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from her. She is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Elf in existence. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gifted from a young age, Jarsali studied abroad. Jarsali was a troubled youth. She spent her days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent her evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Jarsali decided she wanted neither the life of her father nor that of the evil petty criminals she associated with. During her early adolescence, she took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

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; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.