Description: Relatively heavier built than your average woman, she is not imposing. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. She wears a top hat to hide her balding. Her amber eyes peer out from beneath her top yellow hat.

Personality: She considers herself the protector of her home. She feels this is her duty and calling. She does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for her. She lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took after her father in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her father taught her to defend herself. When her father died while fighting giants, the young Avelina began to lead the lost caravan. 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: To clean up the streets; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Bonds: Guardian, Rich, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Crown-heir

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 150 gp.

Description: She wears a large hat to cast shadows over her face and wears ponchos to better hide her body. She has relatively dark skin and is very physically imposing due to her abundance of muscles. Her moppish brown hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. When she's not drinking or sleeping the drinks off, she's doing dancing.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She was one of the best in her class, and was picked up by her current employer. She quickly showed her capability and was soon promoted to a head role. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal; and balancing her hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Immigrant, Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She wears a red shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and green pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Her hair is cut close to her head. She has a dull look in her brown eyes.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. She misses her home and complains about the freezing weather, even in summer.

History: Robbie lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant, Family, Criminal record. Occupation: Bellfounder

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 30 gp. Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (170 gp).

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. He wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are likewise black. His teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born several months after his father was called into army service. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: His religion dominates his actions; and he is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs

Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Military. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: He dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He has styled his auburn hair well, parting it to the right. His half smiles and blue eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic man, Whurbin's first love is himself. His second love is also himself. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. His father had invested heavily in several trade routes and wanted him to inherit them. Recently a tribe of drow attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Whurbin fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He feels the way he acts is they only way to get by in the world.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Rich. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 330 gp. 1 Half-Plate.