Description: This woman is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. She wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with feathered hat. She has slicked back brown hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: She barks her statements quickly and with little fuss. She prefers small words and is at her heart utilitarian. She is a ruthless business woman, a trait she acquired from her mother.

History: Her parents moved while she was still in utero so she is the first generation to be born here. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Halflings in the east were limited. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: To get a good night's sleep; and retire the richest woman in the east

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Terse. Bonds: Immigrant, Poor. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Gruff and masculine

Possessions: Tiger eye turquoise (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (300 gp). Amethyst (50 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This woman stands a little under 4'7" and is a bit bulky. She is very muscular particularly in the legs. She wears brown painted combat armor at almost all times. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has violet eyes and a brown hat with a grey feather.

Personality: Calm and collected, she is a well trained Architect. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: Beatrice was born in the west. At a young age she loved to build and create. Her childhood dream was to be a Stylist, but she was a colossal failure. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends.

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 30000 cp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She dresses in pastel turtlenecks beneath a black coat with red slacks. Her fur is lavender and curly. She has gleaming, smiling amber eyes.

Personality: She likes to be helpful to her clients. She likes to prescribe proper advice to her clients. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: Born in the north to a Miller, Shadow learned a great deal about her mother's area of expertise. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. In her journeys she found a malevolent artifact. She wishes to return this artifact and its corrupting influence back to where it came.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Athletic, Fighting. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Pronounces O like U

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is an exceptionally muscular looking western young adult. He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs. Beneath his clothing is a huge mess of scar tissue. His brown hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. His gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. He always tries to repair and not replace. It was this mentality that drove him into the Miner business.

History: Born in the west to a Miner, Guy learned a great deal about his father's area of expertise. In his 13th 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 now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Money/treasure; and expand his business

Ideals: Persistence. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Slave, Job. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: This slender man stands about 5'1". He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty brown coat over it. His tied-back hair is black. His blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Hugh wants to be seen as a stoic, levelheaded, noble Monk, so he tries to act the part. He does a good job, for the most part... He has a habit of throwing himself into exceedingly dangerous situations.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious western family, he was no stranger to responsibility. Hugh was a troubled youth. He spent his days as a hard laborer instead of attending school, and spent his evenings with numerous mobsters and gang members. Hugh decided he wanted neither the life of his father nor that of the evil petty criminals he associated with. During his early adolescence, he took a sudden opportunity while working the docks and commandeered a vessel that was left unmanned. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He has a rivalry with the Church that dominates his actions; and his religion dominates his actions

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Impulsive. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Middle-eastern accent

Possessions: 2000 sp.

Description: A 4'9" eastern man, he is dressed in an above average manner. He wears a feathered hat to cover his moderate length black hair. His face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: He can speak with the recently deceased. He uses divination through singing.

History: A child with a great deal of painting talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He has never given up on his painting dream.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Gifted, Artistic, Fighting. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Guard

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 35000 sp.

Description: This late middle aged man is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing black cape and mantle trimmed with soft blue waves gently in the breeze and is in decent physical shape. His small hat is riddled with cuts and holes. His eyes are white and catlike.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Map Maker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He takes great joy in being the best Map Maker in town.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. His childhood dream was to be a Baker, but he was a colossal failure. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is greedy; and to be a baker again

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 11000 sp.