Description: This malnourished woman tends to wear a black poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her tied-back hair is blonde. Her blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Joan was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Joan 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 Joan. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found.

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Nature, Family. Occupation: Barkeep

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

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His hair, while still mostly auburn, has prominent grey streaks. His fierce hazel eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Thomas will drive conversation. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his 13th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

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

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes brigands are coming to abduct people. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage son.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. Due to his spouse's obsession with being a Mercenary they were divorced and he won custody of their son. He worked as a Blacksmith, and he later adopted a second son.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother; and a deep hatred of brigands

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Slave. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Soft and melodious

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. His long auburn hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Adelard's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: He comes from a rich western family. His father was very strict, and drilled into him lessons on being the perfect gentleman. 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 feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Optimist. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rose (60 gp). Azurite (15 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).