Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. She has no hair. Her eyes are hazel.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating she would invite many more into her home than her spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: Tawar hails from a village terrorized by dire rats. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She is wearing a long, white cloak. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. Energy wise she seems alert and responsive.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Willow grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her first spouse was a Carpenter, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: She would like to get married and retire; and money/treasure

Ideals: Professionalism. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Family, Has a crush. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 180 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (100 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).

Description: A hulking woman with gigantic muscles, she wears a blue coat over a pastel low-cut shirt, and a broad hat upon her head. Her auburn hair is braided into rings. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Gifted, Athletic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she dresses in red turtlenecks beneath a black coat with green slacks. She has a very tight haircut. She has amber eyes and a red hat with a black feather.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the north. Jasmine was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Knight. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Guardian, Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 sp.

Description: This man wears a lot of dark rich colors, with gold accents. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. His hair is long and brown with streaks of silver, and is pulled back with small blue clips. His beard is silver, braided, and well cared for. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Born in the east to a Baker, Fivin learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He's also a talented Blacksmith, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Job. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is dressed in earthy colors with a grey and violet handkerchief worn on her right side. Her head has been shaved. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is able to make almost anything out of random pieces of junk.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. Her parents enrolled her in a Sorcerer school at a young age so that she could practice her necromantic talents. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Gifted, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Military, Rich. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 80 gp.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His black hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He has gray eyes and a grey hat with a yellow feather.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He couldn't stand his childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with his mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. He's also a talented Mercenary, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Bonds: Job, Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 sp. Pink pearl (140 gp). 1 Banded mail.

Description: She wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her rapier, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. Her hair is auburn and very short. Her amber unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

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 has a habit of throwing herself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Maiathah was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Locksmith. 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: She is unsatisfied with her job; and expand her business

Ideals: Joker, Persistence. Flaws: Disease, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Locksmith

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

Possessions: 500 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears baggy red pantaloons and a white scarf. She has wavy auburn hair. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

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 takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. A serious injury left her mother unemployed and in need of constant care. Her family became saddled with debt trying to care for her infirm mother. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shepherd.

Motivation: Expand her business; and to end her boredom

Flaws: Antagonistic, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Military, Debt. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 1500 sp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather.