Description: He wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with black lining and desert motifs. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. His hair is white and curly. He wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: He is not truly malevolent, but he is obsessed with writing. He constantly tries to fill his life with writing. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: From birth he was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. He was one of the best in his class, and was picked up by his current employer. He quickly showed his capability and was soon promoted to a head role. He ran away from his former home and has been making his living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: To clean up the streets; and to protect his home

Ideals: Artistic, Professionalism. Bonds: Mentor, Job, Guardian. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Mumbles to self between sentences

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time, and she perpetually has her sword ready. Her white hair is knotted and matted. Her green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. Her home and work are filled with various knick knacks she has acquired through the years. She cares a great deal for her adopted teenage daughter.

History: She got into the Adventurer business at a young age. She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 8 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and an old rival family wants her found

Ideals: Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Rich. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Jittery and nervous

Possessions: 3200 sp. 1 Masterwork Heavy wooden shield. 1 Darkwood Buckler. 1 Breastplate.

Description: This man is moderately tanned and has just the faintest trace of an accent. He wears tattered old clothes. His head has been shaved. He has blue eyes and a violet hat with a red feather.

Personality: He likes to brag about his accomplishments and constantly tries to beat others to the punch. He loves teas. He is very sensitive about his face. To blow off anger he lifts weights and to control his otherwise explosive temper he works out a lot.

History: When he was but 8 years old his parents immigrated from the south. He was an adventurer many years ago and he formed a blood bond with his Half-Elven companion (his 'brother'). He moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: He desires power and/or immortality; and meet up once more with his childhood friend

Ideals: Passionate, Fighting. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Immigrant, Adventurer. Occupation: Priest

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 220 gp.

Description: This slender woman stands about 4'9". She is typically in her Stableman uniform. Her fur, while still mostly white, has prominent grey streaks. Her eyes are likewise yellow.

Personality: She runs her personal life as if detached from it. She organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits she will get from it. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Heir to a fortune, her parents put a great deal of effort into curing her disease. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has built up a small fortune and can afford her own way.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and expand her business

Flaws: Selfish, Disease. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Stableman

Voice: Excited and jittery

Possessions: 2000 sp. Sard (60 gp). Alexandrite (1500 gp). Jasper (60 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Violet garnet (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Jasper (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment, and is pretty ugly. She has moderate length silver hair. Her eyes are likewise blue.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: From birth she was tutored by a cruel and relentless mentor. 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She feels kind of lost in life; and retire the richest woman in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed, Shy. Bonds: Mentor. Occupation: Sage

Voice: Adds syll-ab-les for em-pha-sis

Possessions: 800 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a shirt that is too small, which lets her gut show, with a ratty green coat over it. She has no hair. Her eyes are likewise white. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She has schizophrenia that causes her to hear things that aren't there and will sometimes respond to them. The occasional robbery is her preferred attention getting crime, but she mainly uses her means for meeting her own perverse desires.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She has recently gotten a pet goose that steals things from people.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Poor. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Low and grunting

Possessions: 600 gp. Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is dressed in an above average manner. Her dark red hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a deerstalker hat. Her eyes are likewise gold. Her teeth are white and perfect.

Personality: She is a sleazy, sleazy gal. She has no qualms about using her powers of suggestion to get people to do what she wants. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: When she was but 4 years old her parents immigrated from the west. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the west were limited. When her spouse passed she lost her only source of income but claims to her daughters to still be retired.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and a strong sense of loyalty to human people

Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Roofer

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 120 gp.