Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears many layers of old clothing at all times, and is pretty ugly. She sports a flattop hair cut. Her gold eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves being with her children and actually smiles when they are around. She would do anything for them. She dislikes her ex a great deal.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Shax grew up listening to her mother's many stories. Her childhood dream was to be a Mercenary, but she was a colossal failure. She now owns her own business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern.

Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family, Adventurer. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 400 sp. Deep green spinel (60 gp).

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. She keeps her auburn hair in a flapper bob. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. She pushes her goals aggressively. She is also a coward if confronted.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, she was no stranger to responsibility. In her 15th year, while out on a day-trip, she returned to find her hometown burning and destroyed. She found her father impaled in their home, and her mother beheaded. She saw the woman who walked out, and charged her in a blind rage. The woman easily evaded and defeated her, leaving her to live broken and terrified. 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 is terrified, and will act out of fear; and she is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Athletic, Passionate. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 1900 gp.

Description: Her left side is far more bruised and cut up than her other. She typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep red leather and dull black iron scale mail. Her hair is long and brown with streaks of blonde, and is pulled back with small red clips. She has several tiny aquamarine earrings on each ear.

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. Harriet 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 blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. She inherited a moderately successful company from her father. Under her leadership it has flourished, and using capital from her venture she effectively owns an entire region. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and doesn't want to be a navigator and was forced into it by her family

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1000 gp.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He does not wear sleeves and tends to eschew shirts when he can avoid it. He sports a flattop crest cut. His red eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is irascible and easily irritated. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: The child of a Layabout, who enjoyed hunting, Gorbundus was taken on many hunting expeditions. Through the years after Gorbundus was born, his mother became increasingly distant from his family, instead choosing to pursue power in the east. Gorbundus's mother didn't care for him much, and the feeling was mutual. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Immigrant, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Glassblower

Voice: Pronounces 'its' and 'is' like 'eats' and 'ease'

Possessions: 3000 sp.

Description: She wears a black collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a red scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has a slight overbite and is overall scrawny. She wears a colorful flower in her chestnut hair. Her otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

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. She does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the north was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.