Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her black hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. Her eyes are gray and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: Nikki hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her poetry career. She is fiercely devoted to her father, and views her father's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating her from her legal half-brother.

History: She is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. She moved from fad to fad and when she turned 15 she discovered poetry. By chance she met her brother recently and the two have been together since.

Motivation: Regain custody of her son; and to reunite with her absent father

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Family, Rich. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Jet (160 gp).

Description: This malnourished woman typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep green leather and dull pastel iron scale mail. Her black hair is lengthy. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her silver eyes.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: A powerful necromancer made her what she is. Her parents divorced when she was young, and her father gained full cudstody. She was regularly beaten by her father, who blamed her for driving them apart. She has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Attractive, Mentor. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: Black opal (700 gp). Jasper (70 gp). Sard (70 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Malachite (16 gp). Freshwater pearl (16 gp). White pearl (130 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Star rose quartz (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He typically wears white cloth garments or leather armor. His chestnut hair is cut short. His hazel eyes peer out from beneath his Stetson white hat.

Personality: He resents people who mock his appearance or him, so he has learned to be the meanest son of a gun. He does not regard money as being a problem because it has never been a problem for him. He lives in a bit of an ivory tower believing all problems are one quick intervention away from being solved.

History: Ogbur was raised in a hard working conservative environment. Ogbur was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his father, an expert Map Maker. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Job, Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 40 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is renowned for his bright pastel suits and hats. He cuts an attractive figure and his suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. He wears his orange fur up. His eyes are a pleasant yellow.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Emerald grew up listening to his father's many stories. His parents divorced when he was young, and his father gained full cudstody. He was regularly beaten by his father, who blamed him for driving them apart. He now travels the world, in search of power and loot.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break.

Flaws: Disease, Impulsive, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Server

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

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

Description: 6'3" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She dresses in black turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with white slacks. She has done her best to style her brass crest to look like a famous performer. Her fair skin shows little sign of her aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Deceptive and manipulative this northern gal figured out how to best use her charms to convince people to do what she wants. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born in the north. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and she is greedy

Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Rich, Religious. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: Just what you see.