Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She is dressed in earthy colors with a brown and blue handkerchief worn on her right side. She keeps her blonde hair in a pixie cut. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are violet.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Born in the north to a Mortician, Helen learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Since then, she has sought to make the best of life.

Motivation: She is terrified, and will act out of fear; and expand her business

Ideals: Optimist, Impeccable. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy brown stubble. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He has a hunchback. His hair is greying and his face has many wrinkles. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Born in the north his family was never financially stable. Brilliant and gifted he never wanted to apply himself. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Opinionated, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor. Occupation: Server

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 130 gp. Malachite (12 gp).

Description: 5'10" and muscular, this eastern man is perpetually draped in fineries, but all of this concealed by his earthly robes.. He keeps his golden hair in a flapper bob. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: He was born in a small forest village. Over the years he perfected his riding and shooting skills. Recently a tribe of illithids attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Alex fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Disciplined, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 130 gp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her brown hair is well kept. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Vicky hails from a village terrorized by orcs. As a young child she wandered into the woods despite her mother's warnings against it. Afterwards she claimed she had encountered orcs who tried to eat her hand. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and many orcs want her driven away

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Sensual and smooth

Possessions: 30 gp. 1 Banded mail.