Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with white lining and desert motifs. Her blonde hair is braided into rings. Her eyes are likewise blue. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: The child of eastern immigrants she idolized her father. After coming to the age of reason, Katherine took it upon herself to study the necromantic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: To pay off her debts.

Ideals: Professionalism, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of his physical features obscured. His long brown hair reaches down to his waist. His eyes are blue.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He is terrible with names forgetting people's names several times before they finally stick; this causes him no end of embarrassment.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He wants revenge against dire rats; and revenge

Flaws: Ugly, Forgetful, Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, In love. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 500 gp. Coral (80 gp). Star ruby (700 gp). Obsidian (14 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 6'3". He is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Shoemaker, and his gloved hand is found clutching a kukri. His black hair is unkempt and raggedy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: When he was but 5 years old his parents immigrated from the west. While studying, he fell in love. They married and had a daughter. He became a Shoemaker soon after.

Motivation: He is wracked by social anxiety; and expand his business

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job, Immigrant, In love. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: She dresses like a well dressed Merchant does, and carries halberds. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her eyes are likewise amber. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Born in the north to a Merchant, Sarah learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. 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 Merchant. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 11 years.

Motivation: Balancing her hectic life and new Merchant responsibilities is difficult; and expand her business

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Hissing voice

Possessions: 700 gp. Moss agate (9 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.