Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and tan, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her red hair down. Her white eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: She was born in a small desert village. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to orcs demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Pacifist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Nature, Enemies, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 190 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by her earthly robes.. Her hair is chestnut, silky, and of moderate length. Her eyes are hazel and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is an amazing painter.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. After a long history of fighting, Veloptima and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs.

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Religious. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 320 gp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, she wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. She has styled her white hair well, parting it to the left. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She passes on several rewards to people in need. She makes a point to leave places better than she found them.

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. Enidda 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 spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp. Jet (100 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a large white jacket. She wears a colorful flower in her auburn hair. Her hazel eyes peer out from beneath her feathered white hat.

Personality: She is fixated on the number 24. She counts her steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. She seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. While she appears to be a normal Halfling, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and she is content

Flaws: Insane, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: 5'1" and muscular, this eastern man wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. His chestnut hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has a dull look in his green eyes.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. He was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Slave. Occupation: Unemployed

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 6000 cp.

Description: He is a man of bearing and well nourished. He tends to wear a large blue jacket. His auburn hair is heavily combed to the right. He has brown eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved he prefers to listen than to talk. He will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. He also hits on women, regardless of circumstances.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Nutae was orphaned to a temple shortly after his birth. He was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above himself and to hold his god always in his heart. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He's in love; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Has a crush, Religious. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 3000 cp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'2". She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Guard business.

History: She comes from a rich eastern family. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home; and money/treasure

Ideals: Philantrophist, Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery, and he perpetually has his rapier ready. He keeps his long auburn hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: He fancies himself a trickster and likes to rely on his wits to carry the day. He cares for his older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. As long as the job gets done he does not care how it got done.

History: Azaki lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Azaki was born on a far northern forest where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Roofer. He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and doesn't want to be a roofer and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Fighting, Professionalism. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 300 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears a brown Stetson hat and brown clothes. He carries with him a set of rapiers on his belt, each one with a amethyst on the hilt. His golden hair is knotted and matted. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He was granted martial powers by his dying sister.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army.

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Family. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 40 pp.