Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She wears a tan costume with the symbols of death on her torso. Her hair is short and blonde. She has gleaming, smiling violet eyes.

Personality: Quiet and reserved she prefers to listen than to talk. She will nod occasionally and communicate nonverbally. 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: Trained by her mother for as long as she can remember she had it drilled in her head that it was her duty to serve her country. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Military, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep white leather and dull brown iron scale mail. His auburn hair is still thick. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He claims to be unscrupulous but at the end of the day he will do what he thinks is right.

History: Born to a Bricklayer, his mother struggled to pay the bills. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To reunite with his old friends.

Ideals: Disciplined, Justice. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Indian accent

Possessions: 9000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is dressed in earthy colors with a black and violet handkerchief worn on his right side, and carries shortspears. His long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. This black eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: He never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Dyer profession.

History: The child of a Dyer, who enjoyed hunting, Zepar was taken on many hunting expeditions. He worked as a nervous Knight and found it very stressful. 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: Balancing his hectic life and new Knight responsibilities is difficult; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Fighting, Optimist. Bonds: Job, Nature, Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Knight

Voice: Speaks through clenched teeth

Possessions: 180 pp. White opal (1100 gp). Black star sapphire (1100 gp). Rock crystal (30 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp).

Description: 5'8" and muscular, this southern woman tends to wear a large pastel jacket. She has done her best to style her lavender fur to look like a famous performer. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. After coming to the age of reason, Quick took it upon herself to study the psionic arts in their entirety; because of this, she was labeled a dark omen and banished from her homeland. She was granted psionic powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Wants her loneliness to end; and she wants to get laid

Ideals: Athletic, Gifted. Flaws: Terse, Shy. Bonds: Slave, Has a crush. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 1000 gp. Jet (60 gp). Aquamarine (600 gp). White opal (1500 gp). Red garnet (60 gp). Blue sapphire (1500 gp).