Description: 2'10" and muscular, this western woman wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty red coat over it. She has styled her chestnut hair well, parting it to the left. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. 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. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

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

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She keeps her long black hair kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are gray.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Assassin. She hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Optimist. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 80 gp. Pink pearl (60 gp). 4 Acid flasks.

Description: With blue face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally she wears more armor. She prefers to carry a sai, but if one is not available she will default to her longbow. Her red fur is kept up in a ponytail inside a top hat. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Joker, Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 70 gp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: She wears suspenders and white workpants. Her shirt is black, and she wears a heavy white leather apron most of the time. She has relatively light skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her hair is always cut to a buzz. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: Prone to second guessing herself, she comes off as nervous. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stylist. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Job. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 600 sp. Bloodstone (40 gp).

Description: She prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She sports chestnut long hair. Her eyes are a pleasant blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. 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: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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. She has worked as a Gardener like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She is typically in her Hunter uniform. Her red crest is still thick. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, her father struggled to pay the bills. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Hunter. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Hunter responsibilities is difficult.

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Job, Poor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (120 gp). 2 Thunderstones.

Description: This man wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. He is muscular with a powerful set of arms. He has brown hair. His black eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation he is generally quite perceptive. He notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. He lacks restraint and is impulsive. He jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: He was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for him. It may also be what makes him so good at details. Through the years after Astar was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Astar's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Flaws: Insomniac, Impulsive, Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 400 gp. Tourmaline (110 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He is well dressed, constantly wearing a white suit, brown shirt, and grey tie. He has a long white beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears an eyepatch.

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 tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 130 gp. White pearl (70 gp).

Description: He wears a robe, a symbol of luck around his neck, and a axe on his belt. He is physically well-built. His crest is short and bronze. He has red eyes and a black hat with a blue feather.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it.

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Nature, Rich. Occupation: Server

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: Just what you see.