Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a robe, a symbol of the sun god around her neck, and a quarterstaff on her belt. Her gray fur has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is a Map Maker first and foremost. She believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing poetry.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. She has worked as a Map Maker like her mother before her.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new map maker responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 1000 cp.

Description: He prefers to wear tan clothing when he does not wear armor. He has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. His auburn hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His eyes are a pleasant green.

Personality: He goes out his way to put a smile on everyone's face. There's no-one he won't accept into his heart. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: Born in the south to a Butcher, Arannis learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. He worked as a nervous Butcher and found it very stressful. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and to reunite with his absent father

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 400 gp. Chrysoprase (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (200 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver stubble. He is wearing a long, brown cloak. He has a hunchback. He has no hair. He has gray eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a great chef.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to his current location. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Regain custody of his daughter; and to reunite with his absent mother

Ideals: Gifted, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Cynical. Bonds: Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he wears a black coat over a brown low-cut shirt, and a feathered hat upon his head. He has moderate length red hair. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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 is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: He was born in the west, but his parents moved at a very young age to the east. He took every job he could get his hands on, but the opportunities for Half-Orcs in the west were limited. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help.

Ideals: Professionalism, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Scandinavian accent

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: 6'8" and muscular, this southern woman wears dull black sweaters, loose white pants, and alligator leather shoes. Beneath her sweater she keeps a concealed warhammer, just in case. She has no crest. Her fierce red eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She has all her life been fascinated with painting.

History: Trained by her father for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She has had some formal painting training, and achieved minor success. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often.

Ideals: Athletic, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 800 sp.