Description: Her skin is bronze and flawless. She wears a tan vest with golden trim over her white shirt. Her black leather gloves and pants are well-kept, and her tan boots flare out at the collars. She is an epitome of beauty. She has slicked back red hair. Her half smiles and green eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Mary was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the west; and she uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Attractive, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 5'4". She wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. She has a very tight haircut. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She has zero loyalty and will suck up to whomever is within range, in the hopes of being moved to a better position.

History: Anne lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the west, 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 west 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 north. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he usually wears his blue robe and has his kukri always slung over his shoulder. His white hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. He is obsessed with his god.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He always admired druidic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He has dedicated himself to building a better trade route.

Motivation: A deep hatred of gnolls; and revenge

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Religious, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 4000 sp. Freshwater pearl (4 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Red spinel (60 gp). Rich purple corundum (1100 gp).

Description: A moderately attractive man, he very much looks the part of a Marshal. He wears his hair in dreadlocks. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are gray.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. He spends most of his days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There he gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He found a children's book about a Human Paladin who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. He has worked as a Marshal like his father before him.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends; and sabotage a competitor

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 10 pp.