Description: A 6'4" western woman, she wears a black armored body suit, with a simple yellow line shooting up and back down. She keeps her long white hair kept up in a rat tail. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Mastema was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stableman. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and many illithids want her driven away

Flaws: Insane, Shy, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Stableman

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

Possessions: 400 sp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp).

Description: She is lean but muscular and dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious northern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Alain 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 Alain. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Religious. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 140 gp. Brown-green garnet (60 gp).

Description: A man with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his greataxe with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. He has no hair. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his feathered violet hat.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Half-Elves.

History: A powerful wizard made him what he is. His family was turned out during the war. He and his family wandered north to less war torn lands. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and half-orc compassion

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Racist, PTSD. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she is wearing a long, brown, dusty cloak. Her golden hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: The child of a Blacksmith, who enjoyed hunting, Sybil was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her martial talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 300 sp. 2 Alchemist’s fire.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a simple burlap shirt and baggy pants. He conceals his bow with his veritable burlap sack of a shirt. His golden hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Balimaar's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. From his teen years he was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on him. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 200 sp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears dull brown sweaters, loose green pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed bow, just in case. Her red fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is a very good compulsive liar and kleptomaniac.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Depressed, Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 20 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She wears suspenders and pastel workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy pastel leather apron most of the time. She has no fur. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 1 Tanglefoot bags.

Description: This woman is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright brown and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her fur is cinnamon and curly. Her ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Cloak will drive conversation. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. After months of barely getting by, Cloak managed to ambush a major caravan with a load of valuables. Instantly wealthy, she made her way to the capital under a new identity.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 320 gp. 1 Buckler.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, 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 white hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She feeds upon the attention of others.

History: She was born in a small island village. Through the years after Mumpena was born, her father became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Mumpena's father didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Her religion dominates her actions; and to reunite with her absent father

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Family, Religious. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 sp. Moss agate (5 gp).