Description: She is lean but muscular and tends to wear a grey poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her black hair is singed and shortened. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her feathered grey hat.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Katherine was born in the east. At a young age she loved to build and create. Katherine was born on a far eastern mountains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Layabout. One night she noticed a nearby shooting star which she hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. She has done her darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 10000 cp. Golden yellow topaz (1200 gp).

Description: She dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner, and carries kukris. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She is filled with cunning. She likes to feign weakness letting people think she is weak. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Isabella liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: Marry her sister to traveling adventurers; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Nature. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: growls and snarls, animalistic

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She is muscular with a powerful set of arms. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. She wears an eyepatch.

Personality: She can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. She will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: When she was but 5 years old her parents immigrated from the east. She always admired psionic-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: He wears dark leathers with embroidery. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. His eyes are gray and beady.

Personality: He is highly sensitive about his name. He loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. 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: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Gomory was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. His spouse died of illness and he inherited everything. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and obtaining odd cultural human artifacts is his passion

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Breathy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A delicate silver chain set with a tourmaline (80 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (1200 gp). A silver and pearl hairclip (80 gp).