Description: She wears just a black suit. She carries with her a set of rapiers on her belt, each one with a sapphire on the hilt. She has no crest. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She has a massive crush on the younger sibling of the Courier who has hired her part-time. She disdains her fellow northerners, claiming they make her look unintelligent just for using an accent.

History: Sold as a small child to a necromancer, Akra was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: She has a crush on the local Beggar.

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Has a crush, Immigrant, Mentor. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: This woman is tall and muscular. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright white and green, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. She wears her chestnut hair down. Her hazel eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Grigi was born in the north. At a young age she loved to build and create. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: To protect her home.

Ideals: Athletic, Persistence. Flaws: Insane, Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Guardian. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 160 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The light-skinned man stands 2'10" and wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has a very tight haircut. His eyes are likewise violet.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. He works hard and plays hard.

History: His father raised him in a mountain cabin. 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 is greedy; and he made a deal with a demon which lead to his current lot in life, and he's becoming increasingly nervous about it

Flaws: Mundane, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Rich, Debt. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing blue cape and mantle trimmed with soft white waves gently in the breeze. With a patchy chestnut beard and wild chestnut hair. His violet eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. While he appears to be a normal Gnome, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and he is greedy

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Insane. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 700 sp. Peridot (70 gp).