Description: She wears professional attire. With wild 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 is someone who is used to having a large amount of sex appeal. She also lacks a concept of privacy and shares just about everything. A friendly and beautiful Half-Elf, she is rarely seen without a few beauties around her arms. Though a playboy in all rights, she is no lame duck.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Cursed with unlife at a very young age, Ahlyssa has worked very hard to control her curse. She has never given up on her music dream.

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

Ideals: Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insomniac, Disease. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: 3'3" and muscular, this western man wears tan trousers with blue and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His hair is always cut to a buzz. His gray eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He also has developed a complete distrust of the Shepherd profession.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Like his father and his sister before him, after school he went straight into learning to become a Spy. He has gone from town to town working and never settling down anywhere, but has fallen for a local Shepherd. He hasn't told them the truth, but wants to settle down with them.

Motivation: Wants his loneliness to end; and sabotage a competitor

Ideals: Athletic, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 36000 sp. Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (150 gp).

Description: She wears loose pants and a collared shirt complete with sweater beneath her coat. Her auburn hair is singed and shortened. She has a dull look in her violet eyes.

Personality: She is erratic and paranoid. She believes dire rats are coming to abduct people. Her respect, as difficult as one would find it to earn, is unwavering; those who more than prove themselves to her, a bar set well above any reasonable standard, she tolerates in varying degrees. Though less modest and more hasty in her reactions to snap at those who irritate her, Anastrianna is combative with any and all who dare try her patience in the slightest.

History: Anastrianna was born the youngest of three triplets. When she was little, her rather wealthy family often ventured across the plains to a summer home near a large cave. She would wander through that large cave and adventure through it for days. One day while adventuring a terrible storm took place and she was stranded inside. Her family spent the next few days looking for her, and could only assume she was dead when it came time to leave. The family never returned to the plains due to the painful memories there. Anastrianna took refuge in the large cave and found the beat up shortbow and armor she uses now. She has since lost track of the people in her past.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and a deep hatred of dire rats

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Family, Nature. Occupation: Herbalist

Voice: Laughs frequently while speaking

Possessions: 1000 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a grey shirt with thin red vertical stripes and tan pants, and carries falchions. Her blonde hair is matted, messy, and big. Her ears are large.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Navigator profession.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Juliana was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. She eventually earned her freedom when her former master disappeared. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: She'd like to take her coworkers down a peg; and balancing her hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Mentor. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 40 gp. Smoky quartz (50 gp).

Description: He wears white painted combat armor at almost all times. He is physically well-built. His red hair is smooth and relatively long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is always cheerful, even with a hangover, and is always willing to go through all sorts of trouble to help his friends. He considers everything a fun event and doesn't hold grudges. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his father.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. He became part of the deadliest team of assassins in recent memory. A botched job caused the group to be disbanded. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. If successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact.

Ideals: Optimist, Entrepeneur, Gifted. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Server

Voice: Dark and ominous

Possessions: 1300 gp. Tourmaline (70 gp). Lapis lazuli (10 gp). Smoky quartz (20 gp). Golden yellow topaz (1500 gp). Aquamarine (1500 gp). White pearl (70 gp). Moss agate (10 gp). White opal (1100 gp).

Description: This malnourished man wears a fine chain shirt which he covers with tan colored cloaks and clothing. His white hair is cut short. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: Abrasive and pushy, he has a hard time making friends. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. 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 has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He's repulsed by the PC; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, Insane. Bonds: Poor, Attractive. Occupation: Body Guard

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: He is in excellent shape and wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His white hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. He tend to wears goggles to shield his eyes.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He has all his life been fascinated with painting.

History: He was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. His father was a mechanic, and taught him how to fix just about anything. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south; and to find somewhere to settle down

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic, Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Mundane. Occupation: Butcher

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 500 gp.