Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a tight fitting green shirt and pants. Her crest, while still mostly rusty, has prominent grey streaks. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She is cool and collected. She likes to make quips and puns whenever she does anything. She also makes a point to compliment her superiors and flatter them. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature axe.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Disciplined, Artistic. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 1900 gp. Bloodstone (70 gp). Rose (70 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Lapis lazuli (14 gp). Citrine (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He tends to wear a grey poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. He has a white handlebar mustache and slicked back white hair. His eyes are a pleasant gray.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Baern was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. His parents died when he was young, and he was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Baern grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Baern. He has worked as a Detective like his father before him.

Motivation: A rival would like him out of the picture.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record, Job. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears a robe, a symbol of her god around her neck, and a crossbow on her belt. She has slicked back auburn hair. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: While she acts the brute, she is far gentler than she would appear. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Hunter but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she has passion for adventuring and risk

Ideals: Fighting, Pacifist, Logical. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 2200 gp. A necklace of small pink pearls (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (600 gp). Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (800 gp).

Description: This southern woman is abnormally tall. She is constantly adorned with expensive silk clothing, often dyed in bright blue and red, and wears rings and necklaces with large, colorful gems. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish blonde hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gifted from a young age, Althaea studied abroad. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. When she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist, Gifted. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Sage

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 220 gp.