Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length golden hair. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born several months after her mother was called into army service. From there she went from mercenary job to mercenary job. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer, Military. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 30000 cp. Fire opal pendant on a fine gold chain (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her blue eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: In the realm of puns, she cannot help herself. She feels obliged to make them. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her writing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born to a poor family in the city she treasured whatever gifts she got. 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 west. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Painter and was forced into it by her family; and regain custody of her daughter

Ideals: Joker, Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Painter

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking western female in her early mid-life. She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. Her white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. She has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: She is soft-spoken, optimistic and speaks nonstop, as she rather likes the sound of her voice. Her demeanor is somewhat feminine. She lacks moral complications. She does what she is told to by employers but not much else. She spends her money on whatever she fancies at the time.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her parents enrolled her in a Paladin school at a young age so that she could practice her arcane talents. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Optimist, Gifted. Bonds: Rich, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears many layers of old clothing at all times. His silver hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the west. While he appears to be a normal Human, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He used his abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: Seeks redemption.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 600 gp. Brass mug with jade inlays (100 gp). Gold music box (1000 gp). Embroidered and bejeweled glove (1000 gp). A small bag of saffron. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.