Description: A woman with a calm yet intense air about her, she is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright green and black, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She has moderate length white hair. She wears a mask on her face.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Miner arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Miner. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is greedy.

Flaws: Impulsive, Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: She appears as an extremely gaunt Tiefling, and stands approximately 5'9". She wears professional attire, and her gloved hand is found clutching a scimitar. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her white eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is intelligent and cunning, but she will too often allow her rage to get the better of her. She will lose her cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. Uzza is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her sisters into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born at the edge of vast island. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and wants to raise her children well

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 400 sp. Rhodochrosite (16 gp).

Description: This woman wears suspenders and tan workpants. Her shirt is brown, and she wears a heavy tan leather apron most of the time, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her long blonde hair reaches down to her waist. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: She can speak with the recently deceased. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: A powerful wizard made her what she is. She always admired necromantic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. Some 10 years later her spouse died after the birth of her son. Heartbroken, Dara never married again. Instead she focused her life to raising her son whom she trained as her mother had trained her before.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 700 sp. Brown-green garnet (150 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tattered pair of loose blue pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. She sports chestnut long hair. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. Hatae enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. Her psionic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: She wants revenge against orcs; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Hedonist. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Soothing and warm

Possessions: 30 gp.

Description: She wears a grey shirt, with a brown mid length skirt with brown tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her hair is long and silver with streaks of chestnut, and is pulled back with small grey clips. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her divine talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and to pay off her debts

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Religious, Debt. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She is a mite stocky and is wearing a long, white cloak. She wears her blonde hair down. Her ears are large.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. She is obsessed with her god.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the west. Ovak was born on a far western plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Adventurer. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 1000 cp. Silver pearl (120 gp).

Description: He is lean but muscular and prefers to wear brown pants and tee shirts. He has wavy black fur. His copper eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. He has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. His brief stint in the army gave him the idea he was invincible and that he is the toughest man alive.

History: A powerful necromancer made him what he is. He graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. He advanced relatively quickly due to his good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Ideals: Passionate. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Military, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 70 gp.

Description: He wears a red cloak and cross-gartered white stockings. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His blonde hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He is baby faced.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: He was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and wants his loneliness to end

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Lazy. Bonds: Criminal record, Has a crush. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 170 gp. Amethyst (150 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp).

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He tends to wear a large grey jacket. He has wavy brown hair. This blue eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. Like his father and his brother before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Optimist. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 90 gp.