Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears a tight fitting white shirt and pants. With bright red hair. Her eyes are violet.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Herbalist business.

History: Avice lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has been saving her money to try and buy her brother's freedom.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Herbalist and was forced into it by her family; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 400 gp. Alexandrite (700 gp). Violet garnet (700 gp). Emerald (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking southern young adult. He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His chestnut hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: He likes to fabricate stories about his past exploits and how crazy he is, but in actuality he is rather bland. He can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: He was born at the edge of vast mountains. His father disappeared, and while he tried to raise money to find his father, he was betrayed dozens of times. He was granted necromantic powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Wants to raise his children well; and doesn't want to be a painter and was forced into it by his family

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Attractive, Slave, Nature, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 4000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears a green deerstalker hat and green clothes. His moppish auburn hair is in a traditional bowl cut. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Anselm is depressed about a lot of things. He tends to be a nihilist. He is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure he is not cheated out of a speck.

History: He was born in the west. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the west were limited. He got away from his former life and has fallen to alcoholism.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed, Addict. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: 2000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is a pot bellied southern woman with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She has shaved her head bald. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady green eyes.

Personality: She hates dire rats. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove her into the Sellsword business.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Katherine was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. In her 18th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Katherine alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Katherine was horrified and prayed that her mother was alright. However, she heard that her mother had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 5000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.