Description: This eastern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty black coat over it. Her brass crest is long and unkept. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Gesrethe abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 sp. Freshwater pearl (9 gp).

Description: Her right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her broad hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She has gleaming, smiling green eyes.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her mother. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. She bought a shortspear and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Joker, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Cook

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 60 gp. 1 Silk rope.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Sporting a black mohawk and bushy mustache this man's hair draws a lot of attention. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are amber.

Personality: He is witty, but his monotone delivery comes off as unnerving A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Through the years after Fargrim was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the south. Fargrim's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: He seems to be bored by most things.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 300 sp.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a green shirt with thin blue vertical stripes and black pants. Her hair is red, silky, and of moderate length. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

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 loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her dancing with anyone who is interested.

History: Bryseis was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered dancing. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Onyx (20 gp).

Description: She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her grey robe. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She misses her glory days as an athlete. She does not mind her job, but it is boring in comparison. 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: Born in the east to a Doctor, Carlin learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Doctor.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and balancing her hectic life and new doctor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic, Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 3000 cp. Malachite (8 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He is a husky man, who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. A true patriot, Altho would do anything for his country. He is fiercely protective of his fellow citizens and foreign allies.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a fancy blue dress. Her blonde hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She is unhospitable to her core. Her small house has "No trespassing" Signs all over it. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Baker arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. After months of barely getting by, Ilanis 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: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and money/treasure

Flaws: Antagonistic, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Baker

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 sp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (100 gp).

Description: This woman has a large red mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She is missing an eye and her face is severely sunburned. Her one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her music with anyone who is interested.

History: Bella lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the east, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the east for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way west. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. He carries with him a set of morningstars on his belt, each one with a topaz on the hilt. He has shaved his head bald. His amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. 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. He left for the north, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (110 gp).