Description: This woman wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized topaz on her left hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her eyes are likewise violet. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted her to inherit them. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and revenge

Ideals: Professionalism, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Enemies. Occupation: Bather

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 800 gp. Lapis lazuli (9 gp). Zircon (50 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (9 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). 1 Masterwork studded leather. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Chain shirt.

Description: This woman tends to wear a blue poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt, and sports empty pouches on her belt. Her head has been shaved. Her blue eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Alice is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Sculptor arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Nature. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 3000 sp. Eye agate (9 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1600 gp). Bloodstone (20 gp).

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he wears a brown tunic with blue highlights, and long green pants that bunch up around his shoes. His black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. His eyes are amber and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He is a very philanthropic person; he spends his free time working at various soup kitchens. He disdains his fellow northerners, claiming they make him look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: He was born in the north, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He worked as a nervous Sculptor and found it very stressful. He hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Sculptor

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 300 gp. A roughly beaten golden orb (60 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she wears a fancy black dress. Her silver hair is cut short. Her eyes are gray.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Eleanor was born with her father's beautiful face. In her 18th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to clean up the streets

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian, Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 600 gp.