Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her long silver hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. The war was a terrible time for her, and Ella does not often speak of it. When she does, she does so with a strained expression and tears in her eyes.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. She moved out north to avoid the crime she committed. 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.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Military, Slave, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 150 gp. Red-brown spinel (70 gp).

Description: She is a husky woman, who tends to wear a brown poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. Her hair is auburn and curly. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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 is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. She likes to tell stories.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. She was a friend to animals and a trickster. In her defense of animals however she would do severe harm to people. She left for the north, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and she is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Fearful, Greedy. Bonds: Nature, Immigrant. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: This light-skinned female wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a red coat. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: She was raised by priests from a young age. Her father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her father was legitimate. She's also a talented Gardener, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Religious, Military, Mentor, Job. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: An older man who wears rags and sports a simple walking cane, he is not a threatening figure. His black hair is drawn into a tight pony tail with a butterfly scrunchie. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He has two modes he varies between. On the job he is cold, steely and emotionless. Off the job he is a party animal. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Barakas is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Born to a Barkeep, his father struggled to pay the bills. From there he went from mercenary job to mercenary job. He was granted divine powers by his dying brother.

Motivation: Many giants want him driven away; and expand his business

Ideals: Justice, Gifted. Bonds: Poor, Job, Adventurer, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (80 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (400 gp).

Description: He stands about 6'3" and wears just a brown suit. His right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. He has styled his white fur well, parting it to the right. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: He is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, he's a very lovable idiot. His job bores him to no end. He has decided to make it more interesting.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Elegant grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Elegant. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 700 sp. Malachite (8 gp).