Description: She does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when she can avoid it. She carries with her a set of daggers, each one with a emerald on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her white hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She invites people to come help in her community garden.

History: Joan hails from a village terrorized by giants. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Revenge; and her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by giants, and she desires to right it

Ideals: Fighting, Joker, Philantrophist. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Enemies. Occupation: Bowyer

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 100 gp. Bloodstone (40 gp). 1 Thunderstones.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her crest, while still mostly gold, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She believes there is no problem she cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

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 eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Persistence, Gifted. Bonds: Adventurer, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 20000 cp. Cloth of gold vestments (100 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She likes to wear ponchos typically of a light red in addition to tight pants. She is portly but not overly obese. Sporting a chestnut mohawk this woman's hair draws a lot of attention. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Courier profession.

History: She was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the north were limited. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: To be a Courier again; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Apothecary

Voice: Deep voice with rolling R's

Possessions: 10 pp. 3 Antitoxin.

Description: This dark-skinned male wears light armors faded through time and improper care. He is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. He keeps his long white hair kept up in a rat tail. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are green.

Personality: He speaks before he thinks and is too direct. He has a minor phobia of water and hates getting wet.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is terrified, and will act out of fear

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive, Fearful. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 3000 gp. Obsidian (4 gp). Aquamarine (300 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (4 gp). Alexandrite (300 gp). Fire opal (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.