Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a yellow vest and prefers red and violet shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She sports silver long hair. Her gray eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a jovial happy person, but she is convinced people are living their lives too quickly. 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: The child of northern immigrants she idolized her father. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. By chance she met her sister recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Addict. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 200 gp. Red-brown spinel (60 gp). Amethyst (60 gp). 1 Banded mail. 1 Masterwork Light steel shield.

Description: Her left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise she appears quite healthy. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her crest is short and silver. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: Cocky and sure of herself, she believes she is the best Courier born in the past three hundred years. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: She comes from a rich northern family. Her mother worked until she suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. She had to support her now crippled mother and took her mother's old job. She knows her nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but her.

Motivation: Her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Bonds: Job, Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 160 gp. Red-brown spinel (90 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He carries a battered crossbow and tarnished mace as well. His hair is white, silky, and of moderate length. His skin is flawless and his gray eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He misses his home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: A child with a great deal of singing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Efferil fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She is scrawny and has patchy white stubble. She has a large blue mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her white robe. She has a hunchback. Her hair is cut close to her head. Her brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: She resents people who mock her appearance or her, so she has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Numba was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She worked as a nervous Engraver and found it very stressful. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: To settle down with her crush; and expand her business

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull white iron scale mail. His green crest is heavily combed to the left. His face is scarred and worn.

Personality: He is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of his strength. He works very hard to maintain that gentleness. The occasional robbery is his preferred attention getting crime, but he mainly uses his means for meeting his own perverse desires.

History: Ghesh was born the youngest of three triplets. Ghesh was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Ghesh decided he wanted neither the life of his mother nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. He would ruin relationships and cause injury. He was reprimanded several times before being given his current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Criminal record, Family. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 31000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.