Description: The light-skinned woman stands 4'7" and is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her eyes are likewise brown. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She exudes charisma. She is a tour de force of persuasion. 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: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her sister; and she is greedy

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Rich. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 gp. Smoky quartz (60 gp). Hematite (15 gp).

Description: This woman is unhealthily muscled, almost every single one of her veins is visible when she is not flexing. Her shirts and pants tend to be short and undersized for her due to the difficulty of finding a good tailor. Her auburn hair is well kept. This brown eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. 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 the only child of a wealthy merchant. She worked as a nervous Courier and found it very stressful. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Courier for hire.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down.

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Chrysoprase (20 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Emerald (1400 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her green eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She was taken as a slave by a traveling circus and forced to perform She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Tailor.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Nature, Slave. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 sp. Rhodochrosite (14 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This southern man wears a grey costume with the symbols of death on his torso. His clothes are grease stained in places. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born to a poor family in the city he treasured whatever gifts he got. A few years later when the west was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to dire rats demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge.

Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive, Enemies, Has a crush. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 1000 sp. Sard (30 gp). Blue sapphire (1200 gp). White opal (1200 gp). White opal (1200 gp).