Description: This younger middle-aged woman is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her golden hair is lengthy. She has a dull look in her gray eyes.

Personality: Joan wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Paladin, so she tries to act the part. She does a good job, for the most part... She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the south; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Gifted, Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 5000 sp. Peridot (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Carnelian (40 gp). Aquamarine (200 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is lean but muscular and wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His black hair is heavily combed to the right. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines green.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. Being a Architect kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She sports yellow clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. She carries with her a set of swords on her belt, each one with a opal on the hilt. She has no hair. Her blue eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She is irritable and easily angered. She is a bit of a bully and is not afraid to use her stature and powers to intimidate and hurt. She is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic, Lazy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

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

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a black vest and prefers blue and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports red long hair. She has violet eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. She works hard and plays hard.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. 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: Expand her business; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Hedonist, Disease. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoprase (40 gp). Hematite (8 gp). Moss agate (8 gp). 1 Minor magic item.