Description: This slender woman stands about 5'5". She wears many layers of old clothing at all times. Her hair is dark red and curly. Her red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is quite rude, and likes to deride her opponents skill and shout insults at them. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was born in the north. Her mother took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. After a long history of fighting, Manea and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: She's repulsed by the PC; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Nature. Occupation: Ruler

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 300 pp. Tourmaline (110 gp). Blue quartz (4 gp). Obsidian (4 gp). Jacinth (3000 gp). Smoky quartz (50 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: A hulking man with gigantic muscles, he tends to wear a tan poncho over his likewise colored trousers and shirt. His head has been shaved. Judging by the bloodshot nature of his eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine he has not slept for days.

Personality: He is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. He went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Shy. Bonds: Religious. Occupation: Banker

Voice: Australian accent

Possessions: 25000 sp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This northern woman is abnormally tall. She wears a grey armored body suit, with a simple red line shooting up and back down. Her whole body is exceptionally muscular. Her moppish golden hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her gray eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: Gunnloda is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Gunnloda lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her father disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her father, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and an old rival family wants her found

Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer, Family. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: Irish accent

Possessions: 90 gp.

Description: She wears professional attire. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long black hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. Her fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. As long as the job gets done she does not care how it got done.

History: The child of a Bellfounder, who enjoyed hunting, Gaaki was taken on many hunting expeditions. Her father took her hunting and taught her how to get in the mind of other creatures. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 gp. Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Sardonyx (70 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). White opal (1000 gp). Azurite (11 gp). Zircon (70 gp). Rich purple corundum (1000 gp). Jasper (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He prefers to wear the grand gowns of high society. He carries his fan with him everywhere and carries himself as the perfect gentleman. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His fur is beige, silky, and of moderate length. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. He is a bit of a macho man and will challenge people to random contests of strength and skill, and invite them to random hunting and fishing trip.

History: His mother raised him in a mountain cabin. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. 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: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and he has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Speaks in third person

Possessions: 30 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.