Description: She wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has moderate length chestnut hair. This gray eyed westerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. Margery enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Margery was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Paladin, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Paladin in service of a powerful lord somewhere. She found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. She modeled her life after the story, seeing herself destined a hero. She has dedicated herself to building a better world.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Guardian, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 80 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears tattered old clothes, and she perpetually has her bastard sword ready. Her silver hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. 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: She seems to be bored by most things; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Lazy. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (800 gp). Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (800 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she typically wears black cloth garments or leather armor. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Her voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl she speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of her tone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her poetry with anyone who is interested.

History: Alice was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her sons to still be retired.

Motivation: To unite with her brother.

Ideals: Artistic, Persistence. Flaws: Cynical. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 400 gp. White opal (1200 gp). Black pearl (1200 gp). Jasper (70 gp).

Description: This western woman wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her clothes are grease stained in places. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She does not believe in betrayal or weakness as things to be tolerated. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage son.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. When money was particularly tight she was walking through alleys when she overheard a Miner hiring some criminals to sabotage a competitor. She made her way to the other competitor and parlayed her knowledge into a job. Due to her spouse's obsession with being a Marshal they were divorced and she won custody of their son. She worked as a Miner, and she later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent mother

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 800 gp.