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, and carries monstrous two handed axes. She wears her chestnut hair up. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day she will do what she thinks is right.

History: A powerful brothel owner made her what she is. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. Recently a tribe of giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Markosian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism, Justice. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: Jasper (30 gp). Bloodstone (30 gp).

Description: She sports white clothing, slightly heavier than average wear, and she perpetually has her pickaxe ready. Her brown hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends she is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy herself. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Jillian fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has no hair. Her fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. 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 born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her red hair is knotted and matted. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She uses divination through singing.

History: She got into the Apothecary business at a young age. She helped her father out around the business and became quite the natural. After a long history of fighting, Syllin and her spouse have recently divorced.

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's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This southern man is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. His clothes are grease stained in places. His hair is cut close to his head. He has amber eyes and a black hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the south were limited. He became a Bather soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Hedonist, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: A 3'1" northern man, he dresses in white turtlenecks beneath a green coat with red slacks. He has wavy black hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: Silvo was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Silvo grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Silvo. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and to settle down with his crush

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears long strands of jet and short brown dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Emotional. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Server

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She prefers to wear red pants and tee shirts. Her black hair has been sun bleached extensively. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the west. Being born in the north, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the north for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 400 sp. Sard (80 gp). Silver pearl (160 gp). 1 Breastplate.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'2". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Sellsword. He sports a flattop hair cut. His hazel eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern guy figured out how to best use his charms to convince people to do what he wants. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He worked as a nervous Sellsword and found it very stressful. He has achieved small success as a Sellsword.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 2000 cp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp).