Description: She is wearing a long, black, dusty cloak, and she perpetually has her falchion ready. Her deerstalker hat is riddled with cuts and holes. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: She was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In her youth she was a Brewer, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly, Insane, Fearful, PTSD. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Barber

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 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 is physically well-built. Her hair is long and blonde with streaks of golden, and is pulled back with small black clips. Her gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her mother and father. Her mother taught her the rudiments of the Marshal arts, while her father instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. She now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich, Criminal record. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: He stands about 6'4" and wears a fancy pastel suit. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He has a dull look in his hazel eyes.

Personality: He is intelligent and cunning, but he will too often allow his rage to get the better of him. He will lose his cool and rely on brute force to carry the day. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Gifted from a young age, Don studied abroad. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Human companion (his 'brother'). He was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching him a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: He wants to meet his childhood hero; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 200 gp. Fiery yellow corundum (1400 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (5 gp).

Description: 5'8" and lanky with angular features, he is an attractive figure. He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He wears his red hair up in a very large beehive style do. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Born to a Carpenter, his father struggled to pay the bills. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Gilbert 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 Gilbert. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 600 gp.