Description: A 4'11" western woman, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her red hair is thinning but still full. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Priest but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Ronwe was born the youngest of three triplets. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Carpenter they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Priest, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 180 gp.

Description: This malnourished man wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized brown coat. His brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Chad 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 Chad. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day.

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

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 2400 sp. Sapphire pendant on gold chain (800 gp). Embroidered silk and velvet mantle with numerous moonstones (800 gp).

Description: She has a missing right leg. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her black fur is singed and shortened. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Cynical, Fearful. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 390 gp.

Description: A moderately attractive man, he tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a colorful flower in his brown hair. He is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He invites people to come help in his community garden.

History: The child of southern immigrants he idolized his father. Hobart was born on a far southern desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Fisher. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'1". 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 her gloved hand is found clutching a mace. Her red hair is cut short. Her eyes are blue and beady.

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. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. Elizabeth 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. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: She has a missing right leg. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright grey and brown, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has done her best to style her silver hair to look like a famous performer. Her eyes are amber.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Eleanor lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In her formative years she discovered how persuasive she was. She began using that to her advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and doesn't want to be a adventurer and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He is well dressed, but even with his fine clothing he looks run-down, but does not cut a very imposing figure. He walks with a slouch but will stand straight to his full 6'8" when asserting himself. His crest, while still mostly brass, has prominent grey streaks. His red eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. He is a thrill seeker, he laughs at people and throws down challenges. He is highly competitive and combative.

History: When he was but 3 years old his parents immigrated from the west. His psionic abilities were realized during a raid on his village. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 15 years.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Job, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Performer

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

Possessions: 400 sp. 2 Smokesticks.

Description: He wears blue painted combat armor at almost all times, and he perpetually has his scimitar ready. He has a long black beard with little hanging trinkets. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Nutae fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: Solid gold idol (200 gp).

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking northern young adult. He wears dark leathers with embroidery. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His bronze crest is braided into rings. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Nadarr was born to in a poor docking district. He spent his early days working in the same smith shop his father was employed at, doing general labor. When money was particularly tight he was walking through alleys when he overheard a Seamstress hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. He made his way to the other competitor and parlayed his knowledge into a job. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable.

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Slave, Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: French accent

Possessions: Just what you see.