Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and green handkerchief worn on his right side. His white hair is lengthy. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. He also is a firm believer in the manly ideal.

History: He was raised in a forest tribe. His father took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He now owns his own business.

Motivation: He would like to get married and retire; and seeks redemption

Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Criminal record, Nature, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 100 sp.

Description: Standing 3'11", this woman wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She has a very tight haircut. Her blue eyes peer out from beneath her broad grey hat.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the east. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Mardred is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Pacifist, Justice. Bonds: Religious, Mentor. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 7000 cp. Silver comb with moonstones (400 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (200 gp).

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally he sports a brown coat. He has styled his black fur well, parting it to the left. His eyes are likewise green.

Personality: He is filled with cunning. He likes to feign weakness letting people think he is weak. As he has aged he has sought to do reparations for his actions as a youth. He is also making sure that his compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Gifted from a young age, Tricking studied abroad. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Secretive. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 150 gp. Red spinel (130 gp). Silver pearl (130 gp). 1 Chain shirt.

Description: A middle-aged man, he wears well tailored suits and hats with beautiful decoration. He is almost always dressed for an outing in high society, and is pretty ugly. His silver hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His eyes are likewise hazel. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. Ostracized due to the arcane powers of his oldest brother, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Elves became a terror of the countryside. 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 has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 4000 cp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering his clean studded leather. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He dislikes loud distracting noises, but is overall hospitable. His biggest love is that of knowledge and as such will purchase any books or pay to listen to tales that travelers might have.

History: He got into the Junk Dealer business at a young age. He always admired arcane-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Junk Dealer for the past few years.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new junk dealer responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Logical, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 210 gp. Lapis lazuli (15 gp). Red-brown spinel (50 gp). Golden yellow topaz (600 gp).