Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is blonde and very short. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Althaea grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Simple lock. 1 Silk rope. 1 Average lock.

Description: This man is very fat, and wears a tan vest with golden trim over his white shirt. His white leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and his tan boots flare out at the collars. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. His green eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Azaki will drive conversation. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: Azaki lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Servant they were divorced and he won custody of their daughter. He worked as a Engraver, and he later adopted a second daughter.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Family, Slave. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 380 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears just a red suit. His golden hair is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Bhevek lived on a farm with his mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 west. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To unite with his sister; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Secretive. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This western woman tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her brown hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her brown eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help her friends. She considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: Wants to have a good time and be beloved.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 6000 cp. 1 Simple lock.

Description: She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head, and carries scythes. Her golden hair, when down, is lengthy. Her skin is flawless and her green eyes scan people very quickly.

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 has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Apothecary arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Athletic. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This fat western woman has a bulbous nose and wears a brown shirt with thin black vertical stripes and green pants. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. She constantly seizes attention wherever she goes and has come to expect this respect from everyone. She likes to think of herself as merciful, but nonetheless is very strict.

History: Torgga was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: Nothing but the best is good enough for her; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 60 gp. Chrysoberyl (40 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts, and is pretty ugly. Her crest is short and rusty. Her red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. The war was a terrible time for her, and Zykroff does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. After coming to the age of reason, Zykroff 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 not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Depressed. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Athletic. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his father and mother. His father taught him the rudiments of the Hunter arts, while his mother instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Dynamic 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 Dynamic. He leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever he goes.

Motivation: He uses money and sex appeal to get what he needs; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 90 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.