Description: A middle-aged man, he is typically in his Spy uniform, and is pretty ugly. He sports a flattop hair cut. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: While he is on the job, he is grim and serious. He understands how dangerous the world is and the need to stay safe. Rurik enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for his love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: Born in the west to a Spy, Rurik learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and a rival would like him out of the picture

Flaws: Ugly, Hedonist. Bonds: Job, Criminal record. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A woman with thick toned arms and a paunchy gut. She dresses in tan turtlenecks beneath a violet coat with tan slacks. She has moderate length blonde hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She is extraordinarily passive and rarely speaks, let alone speaks her mind. Mialee 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: Mialee lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Regain custody of her daughter.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Speaks with lips pursed

Possessions: 1300 sp.

Description: With pastel face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Gardener. He is bald on top and has large silver tufts of hair around his ears. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady green eyes.

Personality: He hates Halflings with a passion. As such he is filled with self loathing. He cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist he will grow angry at them.

History: He was born in a small plains village. Before the accident, he was one of the most outspoken anti-Elven activists. He was mortally wounded, saved by a kind and fast-acting Elven doctor. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: To protect his home; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Flaws: Ugly, Racist, Antagonistic. Bonds: Nature, Adventurer, Guardian. Occupation: Gardener

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 200 gp. 4 Alchemist’s fire. 6 Acid flasks.

Description: She usually wears her pastel robe and has her pickaxe always slung over her shoulder. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. She is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with her big mouthed big gutted partner. Her partner is her best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, she was no stranger to responsibility. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature pickaxe.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions.

Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Religious, Family. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: American accent

Possessions: 1600 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 6'2". She wears tattered old clothes. Her fur is white and curly. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: The woman has a huge range of feeling. She will range from being happy and joking with the occasional self put down to crying stating how she will be a better person from this day on. She is used to getting what she wants. In part because she is a meticulous planner.

History: She was always a brilliant, if unscrupulous mind. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Professionalism, Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Emotional, Insane. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 160 pp. Golden circlet with four aquamarines (5000 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (300 gp).