Description: She is a woman of bearing and well nourished. She is generally well dressed albeit a few years behind the times. She has wavy chestnut hair. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She is calm most of the time but flees social interaction. 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: Born to a Shepherd, her father struggled to pay the bills. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. After a long history of fighting, Kallista and her spouse have recently divorced.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy, Antagonistic. Bonds: Attractive, Poor. Occupation: Weaver

Voice: Russian accent

Possessions: 140 pp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (150 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a yellow collared shirt and violet skirt. She accessorizes with a black scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. Her hair is short and red. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is almost excessively polite to everyone, even when angry. She is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories she has discovered

History: She was born in the west, but her parents moved at a very young age to the south. She dropped out of school to support her sick father, and resented it. She remains aloof and afraid to be herself due to all the ideals others have placed upon her.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Sailor

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

Possessions: 47000 sp. Pink pearl (120 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a warm, jovial air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light blue in addition to tight pants. He has no hair. His hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: While he acts the brute, he is far gentler than he would appear. His respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to him, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, he tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in his reactions to snap at those who irritate him, Suhnae is combative with any and all who dare try his patience in the slightest.

History: Suhnae was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Carter for hire.

Motivation: He's looking for his big break; and balancing his hectic life and new carter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Justice, Logical. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: 3000 gp. Jeweled anklet (2000 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1200 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (500 gp). A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). Silver ewer (30 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (30 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (1000 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This exceptionally lanky woman wears well tailored gowns and hats with beautiful decoration. She is almost always dressed for an outing in high society. She is bald on top and has large brown tufts of hair around her ears. Her thin eyebrows rest above her beady gray eyes.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her painting with anyone who is interested.

History: She was born into a rich family. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: Find a way to reverse the transformation of her brother; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Courier

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

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Climber’s kit.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 6'7" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She wears a suit in poor condition. It has not been laundered in sometime and has been worn in activities one would not normally wear a suit during. Her crest, while still mostly red, has prominent grey streaks. Her gold eyes are desperate and heavily dilated. She has the appearance of someone under the heavy influence of drugs.

Personality: She is a very happy person and has lots of energy. To put it simply, she's a very lovable idiot. 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: Harann was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When she came of age, she joined a caravan that would eventually take her to the capital. She would practice along the way and, when she arrived, be apprenticed to a Butcher. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Butcher for the past few years.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: He wears clothing that is held on in multiple layers but all of it is in poor condition. He keeps his red crest in a pixie cut. His gold eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He shows great sympathy to all travelers. He's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Gorbundus lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. In his 12th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his father impaled in their home, and his mother beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with his brother.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Insomniac, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Family. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Speaks fast with a slight lisp

Possessions: 800 gp.

Description: She is wearing a long, yellow, dusty cloak. She carries a battered hand crossbow and tarnished falchion as well. With wild blonde hair. She is baby faced.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She never wears the same outfit twice, unless she absolutely has to.

History: Her father raised her in a mountain cabin. She has had some formal writing training, and achieved minor success. She has achieved small success as a Bather.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Terse. Bonds: Nature, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Jamaican accent

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item.