Description: 4'8" and muscular, this northern woman is dressed in a clean tan cloak covering her clean studded leather. Her auburn hair is thinning but still full. Her ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Mara's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She got into the Courier business at a young age. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Courier. She became a Courier soon after.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Ideals: Athletic, Impeccable, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His auburn hair and beard is wavy and long. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He can speak with the dead, and doesn't see much difference between the living and dead. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Farmer but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: He was born several months after his mother was called into army service. When Ûkshak reached his early adolescence his Half-Orc mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, he decided to travel. His rounds led him into the Army with a few individuals who would become his life-long companions. Recently a tribe of gnolls attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Ûkshak fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting, Athletic, Gifted, Pacifist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Farmer

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 380 gp. 2 Antitoxin.

Description: Relatively heavier built than your average man, he is not imposing. He wears tattered old clothes. He wears a broad hat to hide his balding. His ears are large.

Personality: Baern speaks confidently about a variety of topics with grace. He is clearly well-traveled and educated. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: He comes from a rich western family. A freak accident while working with his Apothecary mother left him crippled. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has comitted a past crime that haunts him to this day; and he doesn't get along with people that don't share his tastes

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 120 gp. 1 Masterwork Heavy steel shield.

Description: He dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. He carries with him a set of sais, each one with a opal on the hilt. He only wears one on his belt and the other on his back. He has styled his white crest well, parting it to the right. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. His temper goes off on the smallest of things. He tends to lash out at those around him.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. At a young age he wooed the heart of his future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. He is untrained/undisciplined, which makes him dangerous.

Motivation: To be a Map Maker again; and he's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: In love, Job. Occupation: Sellsword

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 400 gp.

Description: She is an average looking southern female in her early mid-life. She wears pastel painted combat armor at almost all times. She has dyed her greying gray fur a little too much giving a sharp gray color. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She trusts no one. She is not readily capable for forgiveness and her ire never leaves her. She is a big fan of imagination and believes people should spend more time reading and writing.

History: Trail lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the south, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the south for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way east. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Family, Enemies. Occupation: Barber

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 400 gp. Deep blue spinel (600 gp). Rich purple corundum (900 gp).