Description: She likes to wear yellow tank tops with white skirt. Her moppish black hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Despite her manner, she is extremely passionate and proud of her job, and she prides herself in being thorough and never missing a detail.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Althaea was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. Like her mother and her brother before her, after school she went straight into learning to become a Stableman. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Mentor, Family. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: Standing 5'8", this man wears professional attire. His fur is cut close to his head. His yellow eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. When triggered he is a bloodthirsty maniac, stopping at nothing and killing everything for almost an hour.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Brewer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, but does not cut a very imposing figure. She walks with a slouch but will stand straight to her full 3'1" when asserting herself. Her chestnut hair is matted, messy, and big. Her hazel eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Jo grew up listening to her mother's many stories. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the south

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 800 sp.

Description: This man is bedraggled and starved. He wears tight fitting pants and leather jackets. He usually doesn't wear a shirt. He has styled his blonde hair well, parting it to the right. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of orcs may trigger it at times.

History: His arcane talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, his parents had him trained. A gifted student he started as a Map Maker, but he got bored and became a Sailor. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Sailor for the past few years.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by orcs, and he desires to right it; and balancing his hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Enemies, Job. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 6000 cp. Malachite (14 gp). Red spinel (80 gp). Chrysoberyl (80 gp).

Description: He stands about 4'2" and wears dark leathers with embroidery. His left hand appears badly burned and disfigured. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Whurbin isn't afraid of most anything. He has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Dwarven unity. He has a taste for the finer things and spends a great deal of money on luxuries, some more exotic than others.

History: He comes from a rich southern family. He inherited a moderately successful company from his mother. Under his leadership it has flourished, and using capital from his venture he effectively owns an entire region. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Ideals: Impeccable. Bonds: Rich, Religious. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 190 gp.