Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her golden hair is thinning but still full. She has several tiny amethyst earrings on each ear.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of dire rats may trigger it at times.

History: Meriele was born the youngest of three triplets. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Gifted, Persistence. Bonds: Rich, Enemies, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 800 sp. Carnelian (70 gp).

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his left side. He keeps his red hair in a flapper bob. His red eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born on a small isolated farm. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and he's looking for his big break

Flaws: Addict, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears silk and lounges about seductively. Her tied-back hair is brown. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: Rohesia was born with her father's beautiful face. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She is untrained/undisciplined, which makes her dangerous.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Disciplined, Logical. Flaws: Insane, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 400 sp. Jade (160 gp).

Description: Standing 5'10", this man wears long strands of ruby and short yellow dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. He keeps his black hair in a flapper bob. His skin is flawless and his amber eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He exudes charisma. He is a tour de force of persuasion. He is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: He was born in the west. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. He bought a rapier and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: Wants a kiss.

Flaws: Selfish. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 5'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She wears professional attire. Her red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a Stetson hat. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She goes out her way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one she won't accept into her heart. The war was a terrible time for her, and Susannah does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. When Susannah reached her early adolescence her Human mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Immigrant. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp.

Description: This man is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of his veins is visible when he is not flexing. His shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for him due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. His hair is black and curly. His violet eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: Born in a small village he learned the ways of the warrior from his father. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. Recently a tribe of orcs attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Anselm fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To prove his worth to the world; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic. Flaws: Addict, Impulsive. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 330 gp. Golden pearl (140 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). Brown-green garnet (140 gp).

Description: A middle-aged woman, she is wearing a long, red, dusty cloak, and is pretty ugly. Her brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Halflings.

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 always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Elven people.

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Racist. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 gp.

Description: An imposing woman with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic left leg, she tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. She keeps her cinnamon fur in a pixie cut. Her yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Disease, Depressed. Bonds: Criminal record, Military. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: This eastern woman is abnormally tall. She wears long strands of topaz and short black dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her white hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Vanchu grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She 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. 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 is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she desires power and/or immortality

Flaws: Shy, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 10 pp. Malachite (8 gp).