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 she perpetually has her longbow ready. She has a very tight haircut. Her hazel eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

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. Flattery will make her almost putty in your hands.

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 giants attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Meriele 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 she wants revenge against giants

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Flaws: Addict, Selfish. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears just a white suit. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy golden hair. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive, Impulsive, Mundane. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 150 gp. Banded agate (8 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she wears a tan wide-brimmed hat and tan clothes. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her green eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born in a small forest village. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She's attracted to the PC; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Guardian, In love, Nature, Has a crush. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family His spouse left him for another, whom he beat to an almost bloody pulp. He did not win them back, but he came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: She wears a robe, a symbol of strength around her neck, and a falchion on her belt. She carries a battered dagger and tarnished falchion as well. She wears her red hair down. Her violet eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Nalaed hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her painting career. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She inherited a moderately successful company from her mother. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 310 gp. Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (600 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a fancy white suit. His blonde hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a rose scrunchie. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Názkûga was born the youngest of three triplets. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. Some 8 years later his spouse died after the birth of his daughter. Heartbroken, Názkûga never married again. Instead he focused his life to raising his daughter whom he trained as his father had trained him before.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and regain custody of his daughter

Flaws: Shy, Greedy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family, In love. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Thin and wheezing

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is wearing a tight pastel one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. His beige fur is matted, messy, and big. He has hazel eyes.

Personality: He is a jovial happy person, but he is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. Windy is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his father. Windy was born on a far eastern island where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Barber. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. She is portly but not overly obese. Her copper crest is singed and shortened. Her red eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. Gesrethe enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature shield.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Adventurer, Slave. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He usually wears his grey robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. His blonde hair is thinning but still full. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He got into the Painter business at a young age. After coming to the age of reason, Arnold took it upon himself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Painter for hire.

Motivation: To be a Jeweler again.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 90 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp).