Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has dyed her greying black hair a little too much giving a sharp black color. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: Althaea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter; and human compassion

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Rich, Family, Immigrant. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: She wears long strands of ruby and short grey dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and she perpetually has her bow ready. Her silver hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a pretentious jerk insisting that modern society is full of problems and should revert to a simpler time. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. 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 is greedy; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Doctor

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

Possessions: 150 gp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp).

Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. With wild black hair. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She has dedicated herself to building a better kind of golem.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a red shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and violet pants. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Lavinia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 20th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother 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. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

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

Flaws: Racist, Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 1000 cp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: The man speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. He seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if he got out from a pool a few moments ago. He wears an entirely grey suit with red socks and a vest with buckled shoes. His silver hair is unkempt and raggedy. His voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: He has a good heart but also a terrible temper. He will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: The child of western immigrants he idolized his mother. Beloril was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Stableman. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he's repulsed by the pc

Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 80 gp. 5 Acid flasks.

Description: A stocky darker skinned man, he wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath his coat. His red hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. This violet eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the north. Despite his manner, he is extremely passionate and proud of his job, and he prides himself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his mother. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Sellsword for hire.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Pacifist, Fighting. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: 6'4" and muscular, this eastern woman wears dark leathers with embroidery. Her brass crest has been sun bleached extensively. Her gold eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Actor born in the past three hundred years. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Actor.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a farmer again

Ideals: Athletic, Justice. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 600 sp.

Description: He stands about 4'7" and tends to wear a large tan jacket. His right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His red hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His violet eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: This man loves dancing and to teach people dancing more than just about anything. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing dancing.

History: Gifted from a young age, Koeth studied abroad. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He struck the Engraver job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: This eastern man's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, he slurs his words together. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a violet coat. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: He is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as he rather likes the sound of his voice. His demeanor is somewhat feminine. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Gnomish companion (his 'brother'). He became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 30 pp.