Description: This western woman dresses like a well dressed Assassin does. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her amber eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She tends to agree with only herself unless someone else's opinion sounds like she can profit from it. She tries to control her temper but she can't always stop herself from what she feels what must be done. 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 was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. Through the years after Marastyr was born, her mother became increasingly distant from her family, instead choosing to pursue power in the west. Marastyr's mother didn't care for her much, and the feeling was mutual. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Expand her business; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Assassin

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: A 4'11" eastern man, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. His black hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: He comes from a rich eastern family. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and he is greedy

Ideals: Passionate, Justice. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Scribe

Voice: Old thin voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Hematite (16 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized pastel coat. She keeps her long white fur kept up in a rat tail. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

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. Brilliant and gifted she never wanted to apply herself. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a simple red robe with green stripes complete with hood. Her hair is short and white. Her amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She moved out south to avoid the crime she committed. She guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Mundane, Secretive, Fearful. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 3'9". She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. This brown eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is an amazing painter.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Therlin was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of her oldest sister, she and her siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dwarves became a terror of the countryside. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 1700 sp. 3 Acid flasks.

Description: She is in excellent shape and wears long strands of opal and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep her interest for a month it is impressive.

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. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and she is greedy

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He is dressed in earthy colors with a tan and grey handkerchief worn on his left side. He has styled his white hair well, parting it to the left. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: A deeply religious man he believes everything happens for a reason. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. His mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his mother was legitimate. He was always very intelligent and has formed a secret society of specialists.

Motivation: He wants to get laid; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Disease, Secretive. Bonds: Religious, Has a crush. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 4000 cp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a colorful flower in her dark red hair. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. Nemeia enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Nemeia was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Nemeia was born on a far western mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Mayor. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Mayor and was forced into it by her family; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor, Immigrant. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She prefers to wear black pants and tee shirts. She has brown hair. Her eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. In her 14th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ubada alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 400 gp.