Description: A well shaped woman just over fifty, she prefers to wear tan clothing when she does not wear armor. She wears a Stetson hat to hide her balding. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Beggar but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: Sold as a small child to a slaver, Veloptima was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact; and retire the richest woman in the north

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Mentor, Criminal record. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 40 pp.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He sports a flattop crest cut. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is quiet and unassuming. He ignores others and carries on with his job unassumingly. Valorean is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his mother always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His mother worked until he suffered an accident while they were digging through a hill for a new route. He had to support his now crippled mother and took his mother's old job. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: Marry his brother to traveling adventurers; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his brother

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Family. Occupation: Mayor

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 700 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 4'11" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She has done her best to style her blue hair to look like a famous performer. Her white eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Gifted from a young age, Manea studied abroad. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She left for the east, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 700 sp.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. He has a very tight haircut. His brown eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Cartwright born in the past three hundred years. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: The child of a Mason, who enjoyed hunting, Arnold was taken on many hunting expeditions. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants random interesting trinkets and junk, hates to throw anything away; and money/treasure

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature, Guardian. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 800 sp. 1 Masterwork studded leather.