Description: 5'1" and muscular, this western woman wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. Mary enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She left for the west, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Guardian, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 100 gp. Alexandrite (300 gp).

Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear flannel. Her long silver hair reaches down to her waist. She is baby faced.

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: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She got money to start a business from the gang present in town. She is greatly indebted to them.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and she has decided she is irredeemable

Flaws: Depressed, Insane. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: 6'4" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He very much looks the part of a Barkeep. His hair is black and very short. His green eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Hoglik will drive conversation. He invented a lineage for himself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: His martial talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. After coming to the age of reason, Hoglik took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has became unsatisfied with his lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 40 gp. Black pearl (300 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. With bright auburn hair. Her violet eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Vonana's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing singing.

History: She was born in the west. Over the years she perfected her riding and shooting skills. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and nothing but the best is good enough for her

Ideals: Impeccable, Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears silk and lounges about seductively. She has moderate length black hair. Her eyes are blue.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. On top of that she is swayed by a pretty face, and while loyalty to her employer will always come first she doesn't like to hit women.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants her loneliness to end

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush, Adventurer. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing a long, blue cloak. She has shaved her head bald. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. Her biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Logical. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 200 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with brown lining and desert motifs. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her lavender fur is drawn into a tight pony tail with a skull scrunchie. Her yellow eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A freak accident while working with her Dyer mother left her crippled. 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 made a deal with a demon which lead to her current lot in life, and she's becoming increasingly nervous about it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Impulsive, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Debt. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: He is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright black and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems, and carries scythes. He has a brown handlebar mustache and slicked back brown hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He lacks moral complications. He does what he is told to by employers but not much else. He spends his money on whatever he fancies at the time.

History: He was born in the south, but his parents moved at a very young age to the north. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: Expand his business.

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: His skin has the orange glow of too much sun. He dresses in grey turtlenecks beneath a green coat with black slacks. His brown hair is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He is curt in most of his responses. He prefers to keep his word usage to a minimum to avoid giving away unnecessary information. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: He is a Chromatic Dragon in disguise. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He is searching for what he claims is his rightful reward.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (90 gp). 1 Good lock.