Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She has slicked back red hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is irascible and easily irritated. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: She was born into a rich family. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To unite with her sister.

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Rich, Job. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 60 gp. Rhodochrosite (13 gp).

Description: Standing 6'2", this man wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. He keeps his green crest in a pixie cut. His eyes are a pleasant red.

Personality: He has schizophrenia that causes him to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. He uses his nature as a weapon; he likes to lead opponents to think him in distress.

History: Gorbundus was born with his father's beautiful face. 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. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has money and likes to spend it

Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 800 sp. Obsidian (16 gp).

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Butcher arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Jane was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Butcher. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Criminal record. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 40 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy red hair. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: Calm and collected, he is a well trained Fletcher. He is obsessed with his god.

History: Fargas was born in the north. At a young age he loved to build and create. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Fletcher work with an outfit from a few towns over. Fletcher work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Slave. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 9000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak. His hair is black and curly. His green eyes peer out from beneath his broad black hat.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Born in the south to a Painter, Grisha learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: A deep hatred of dire rats; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for her hunting needs, and she perpetually has her crossbow ready. With wild chestnut hair. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Hunter father left her crippled. She leaves a trail of broken hearts and full pockets wherever she goes.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she is greedy

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist. Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with deerstalker hat. She wears her auburn hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Kristryd is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born in the west. 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 Dyer. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. Her hair is short and auburn. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a ruined castle. She would wander through that ruined castle and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Helgret took refuge in the ruined castle and found the beat up scimitar and armor she uses now. 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: She's in love; and she would like to get married and retire

Ideals: Persistence. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Rich, Has a crush. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 150 gp. 1 Good lock.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her hazel eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Her mother was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and she is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get her out

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Slave. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 100 gp. Carved bone or ivory statuette (10 gp).