Description: This exceptionally lanky woman is wearing a long, brown cloak. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. She has a dull look in her blue eyes.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the west. She uses divination through singing.

History: Oriel was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Oriel liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She struck the Beggar job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Pacifist, Gifted. Bonds: Job, Nature, Family. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 8000 sp. Azurite (14 gp). Deep green spinel (90 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a very tight haircut. His violet eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. He found a children's book about a Elf Druid who fought for good and justice and never realised it was just a child's story. He modeled his life after the story, seeing himself destined a hero. In his journeys he found a malevolent artifact. He wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality.

Ideals: Persistence, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This younger middle-aged woman wears a black collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, and a wedding ring on her left hand. Her crest is bronze and curly. Her red eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She's a bit of a prankster. She knows she is clumsy and seen as such and will often feign amnesia after injury. She keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to her own.

History: Nuthra lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered singing. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Layabout and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Joker, Gifted, Artistic. Bonds: In love, Family. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 900 gp. Jeweled gold crown (2000 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a large hat to cast shadows over his face and wears ponchos to better hide his body. He wears a deerstalker hat to cover his moderate length brown fur. His face possesses mild wrinkles. His smile is extraordinarily sincere though he does not smile often.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. Flask enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: He was born in a small forest village. He sought a place where he would be rewarded solely on the merits of his skills. This search led him directly into Spice Merchant work with an outfit from a few towns over. Spice Merchant work suited him well, and with each successful project, he earned more gold and more respect from his peers. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Flaws: Antagonistic, Hedonist. Bonds: Nature, Job. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 16000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.