Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her eyes are violet and beady.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is accommodating to her spouse and as such limits her hospitality. She is brave and levelheaded in the face of danger and has proven herself a capable leader.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way north. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and marry her brother to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Switch between two voices

Possessions: 1 Disguise kit.

Description: This man stands a little under 6'2" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. He has wavy scarlet crest. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: He got into the Dilettante business at a young age. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered painting. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Job. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: Citrine (80 gp).

Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she likes to wear white tank tops with pastel skirt. Her black hair is smooth and relatively long. This amber eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She struck the Tanner job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and she is a bit of a kleptomaniac

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Military, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 1100 sp. Chalcedony (30 gp). Banded agate (13 gp). 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: She stands about 5'10" and is wearing a tight black one piece outfit complete with pants, hood, and a cape. Her right hand appears badly burned and disfigured. Her red hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her gold eyes.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. In her 16th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her mother impaled in their home, and her father beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 600 sp. 1 Breastplate.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He is dressed in a clean pastel cloak covering his clean studded leather. His white fur, when down, is lengthy. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines amber.

Personality: He barks his statements quickly and with little fuss. He prefers small words and is at his heart utilitarian. When he's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, he's doing painting.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. After coming to the age of reason, Three took it upon himself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He has decided he is irredeemable; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Terse. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 140 gp. Sardonyx (40 gp). 1 Magnifying glass.

Description: She is an average looking eastern female in her early mid-life. She has the majority of her body covered in plate. She wears a colorful flower in her brown hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Kristryd 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 refers to her adoptive mother for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: Born in the east to a Merchant, Kristryd learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She became a Merchant soon after.

Motivation: Expand her business.

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 190 gp.

Description: He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. His red hair, when down, is lengthy. 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 swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Abad enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Abad 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 Abad. Being a Blacksmith kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact; and he has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Insomniac, Hedonist. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 290 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. He is portly but not overly obese. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Everard will drive conversation. He is always in debt, since he spends his money on lavish parties and gifts for friends

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. In his 12th year, his parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Everard alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, he was adopted. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by dire rats, and he desires to right it; and many dire rats want him driven away

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Baker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 40 gp. Iolite (60 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he is renowned for his bright black suits and hats. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length copper crest. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are red.

Personality: He swings through moods quickly. One moment he is cool and collected, the next he is carried away by passions. Animals are drawn to him, and he is able to talk to them.

History: He was raised by priests from a young age. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He was granted martial powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Passionate, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 110 gp. Jasper (60 gp).