Description: This southern woman's face is deformed and paralyzed on one side. As such, she slurs her words together. She prefers to wear flannel. Her blonde hair is well kept. Her fierce blue eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: When she was but 8 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Hlin liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Animal Trainer.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 60 pp. Brown-green garnet (120 gp). Coral (120 gp). Red garnet (120 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows on her belt, each one with a amber on the hilt. She has wavy chestnut hair. Her eyes are likewise gray. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: Chenna wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Sorcerer, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... 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: When she was but 3 years old her parents immigrated from the east. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. After a long history of fighting, Chenna and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and regain custody of her son

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp. Amethyst (160 gp). Obsidian (6 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs, and a wedding ring on her left hand. She sports silver long hair. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-sister.

History: Balifra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. 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: To reunite with her absent mother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Antagonistic. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 70 gp. Red garnet (60 gp).

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a black coat. His auburn hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He tends to agree with only himself unless someone else's opinion sounds like he can profit from it. He tries to control his temper but he can't always stop himself from what he feels what must be done. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Ûshbaka was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Insomniac, Antagonistic, Impulsive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: His right thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His fur is black and curly. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Cask was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. He guards a vault combo very seriously as well as the key needed to open it.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Nature, Mentor, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears brown robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a morningstar, but if one is not available he will default to his longsword. His red hair is thinning but still full. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and marry his sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She prefers to wear yellow pants and tee shirts. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are likewise gray.

Personality: She believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: The child of a Slave Trader, who enjoyed hunting, Sarah was taken on many hunting expeditions. 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 Navigator. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Nature, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. Her top hat is riddled with cuts and holes. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, she has a hard time making friends. When triggered she is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: When she was but 6 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Kite 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 Kite. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: 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; and a rival would like her out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 400 sp. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears a tan shirt, with a blue mid length skirt with blue tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She wears a deerstalker hat to hide her balding. Her eyes are likewise green.

Personality: She is curt in most of her responses. She prefers to keep her word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. She is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the south. Her first spouse was a Servant, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and she is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 100 gp.