Description: She likes to wear brown tank tops with tan skirt. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly spears and longbows. Her hair is long and red with streaks of auburn, and is pulled back with small brown clips. Her eyes are a pleasant amber.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Joan enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Philantrophist, Artistic, Impeccable. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 4000 sp. Lapis lazuli (4 gp). Coral (120 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: An older woman who is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, she is not a threatening figure. She is bald on top and has large golden tufts of hair around her ears. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. 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 was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She struck it rich when she found rare goods in large quantities. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She has money and likes to spend it; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Optimist, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: The dark-skinned man stands 6'6" and tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He has dyed his greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Hugh is a sociable creature first and foremost. He loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. He can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. He disdains his fellow easterners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. His parents enrolled him in a Paladin school at a young age so that he could practice his necromantic talents. He left for the east, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: Revenge; and to end his boredom

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: A woman with a warm, jovial air about her, she wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Mercenary born in the past three hundred years. She does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of giants may trigger it at times.

History: She was born in the south. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Mercenary for the past few years.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 3000 sp.