Description: Her right side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She dresses in yellow turtlenecks beneath a black coat with grey slacks. Her red hair is still thick. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Avice was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Wants to raise her children well; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Ugly, Addict, Disease. Bonds: Family, Mentor. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: She wears bulky yellow painted plate armor. She has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the north to a Slave Trader, Ermina learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Ermina 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 Ermina. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: She doesn't get along with people that don't share her tastes; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Slave Trader

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

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: This southern man is abnormally tall. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His whole body is exceptionally muscular. His auburn hair is knotted and matted. His hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is cool and collected. He likes to make quips and puns whenever he does anything. He also makes a point to compliment his superiors and flatter them. He is a bit of a xeno-phobe, disliking non-Humans.

History: He was born into a rich family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his father. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Immigrant, Rich. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized white coat. She wears her golden hair up. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She is fiercely devoted to her mother, and views her mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: Anne lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Mason

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 100 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.