Description: A woman with a friendly, welcoming air about her, she wears a black coat over a blue low-cut shirt, and a top hat upon her head. Her brown hair is smooth and relatively long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

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. Bryseis is a bit of a follower. Usually she is manipulated by her brothers into helping them out, but recently she has become more of a free agent.

History: She was born in the north, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. A few years later when the south was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Persistence, Logical. Bonds: Family, Immigrant, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 10000 cp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is lean but muscular and is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing yellow cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze. She has wavy black hair. Her brown unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: She is extraordinarily eccentric. She is obsessed with her god.

History: She was born several months after her father was called into army service. While she appears to be a normal Half-Elf, she's... not quite right. Perhaps she's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that she plain doesn't fit in. 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: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and money/treasure

Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Rich, Religious, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Prounounces S like Z

Possessions: 500 gp. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Masterwork Light wooden shield. 1 Banded mail. 1 Half-Plate.

Description: She wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a white coat, and she perpetually has her longsword ready. She wears a Stetson hat to cover her moderate length chestnut hair. Her gray eyes peer out from beneath her Stetson white hat.

Personality: She is quite gentle and does not know the full extent of her strength. She works very hard to maintain that gentleness. She is however greedy and will demand payment and proof of collateral's value and will produce a merchant's scale to make sure she is not cheated out of a speck.

History: Maegan was raised in a hard working conservative environment. She has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to her frivolously. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Expand her business; and balancing her hectic life and new sailor responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Disciplined, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 110 gp.

Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'10" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears suspenders and brown workpants. His shirt is black, and he wears a heavy brown leather apron most of the time. He has gray fur. His eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: He is erratic and paranoid. He believes giants are coming to abduct people. He is harsh and unforgiving.

History: He got into the Courier business at a young age. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Courier. He has since lost track of the people in his past.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Enemies, Job, Family, Rich. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 900 gp. Tiger eye turquoise (12 gp). Rock crystal (80 gp). Star ruby (1200 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black star sapphire (1200 gp). Moss agate (12 gp).