Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs. Her chestnut hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Veloptima is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She feels threatened by others; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Justice, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down, marred by chocolates. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise hazel. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. A freak accident while working with her Locksmith father left her crippled. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Ideals: Artistic, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: Pink pearl (120 gp).

Description: He has a missing right leg. He prefers to wear grey clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a black handlebar mustache and slicked back black hair. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Kyle is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing singing.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. His mother had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and he has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Religious. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Red-brown spinel (80 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with Stetson hat. Her silver hair is greasy and uncared for. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. Through the years after Liftrasa was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the north. Liftrasa's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her red eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Osah was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Sorcerer, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Sorcerer in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Osah abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She desires power and/or immortality; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 70 gp. Malachite (6 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears dark leathers with embroidery, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her copper crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has gold eyes and a black hat with a tan feather.

Personality: Jheri wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She is kind towards other women and children and will generally offer women help without question. Others will generally need to prove themselves to her.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. Jheri was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her daughter. Heartbroken, Jheri never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her daughter whom she trained as her father had trained her before.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: In love, Poor, Religious. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Healer’s kit.

Description: This malnourished man dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His gold crest is long and unkept. His eyes are red and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken his opponents. Despite his formidable combat skills he remains a coward. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-brother.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His first spouse was a Bellfounder, they had one daughter, but his spouse won total custody. Without his spouse to temper him he grew out of control. 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. Nykkan fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

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

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Family, Slave. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She is wearing a perfectly clean shirt and pair of pants. With wild blonde hair. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She has two modes she varies between. On the job she is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job she is a party animal. Her job bores her to no end. She has decided to make it more interesting.

History: She was born in the east, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Her father was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. She has worked as a Bowyer like her father before her.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 160 pp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She tends to wear a yellow poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She keeps her long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is a Ploughman first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Before the accident, she was one of the most outspoken anti-Halfling activists. She was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Halfling doctor. She bought a pickaxe and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Banded mail.