Description: A pudgy man standing about 5'4" has a big stupid grin on his face most of the time. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His golden hair has been sun bleached extensively. This blue eyed northerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: This man loves poetry and to teach people poetry more than just about anything. He is very protective of his business, his home, and his spouse. He is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Naill was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Naill 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. Naill decided he wanted neither the life of his mother 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. Recently he has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: He is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and he has a rivalry with the church that dominates his actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Artistic. Bonds: Criminal record, Mentor, Religious. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Slow speaker

Possessions: 20 pp.

Description: She tends to wear a large yellow jacket. She has dyed her greying chestnut hair a little too much giving a sharp chestnut color. Her half smiles and violet eyes are beguiling and draw you in.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. Her temper goes off on the smallest of things. She tends to lash out at those around her.

History: Quillathe lived on a farm with her mother, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Her homeland was ravaged by war and she spent much of her life rebuilding it. She hasn't been sleeping well lately.

Motivation: Retire the richest woman in the east; and she's repulsed by the pc

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 900 sp.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears long strands of aquamarine and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her skin is flawless and her blue eyes scan people very quickly.

Personality: Andry is a sociable creature first and foremost. She loves to listen to people at length before talking their ear off. She can carry on conversation for hours and will do so. She is underhanded and not above using her wealth and body to get others to do her bidding.

History: She was born in a small island village. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. Recently she has begun working with bootleggers and crooks.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Extrovert. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Shortens vowels

Possessions: 60 gp. Cloth of gold vestments (110 gp). 1 Darkwood Shield.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a tan cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings. Her golden hair is heavily combed to the right. She is baby faced.

Personality: Overbrimming with self-confidence, Adrie isn't afraid of most anything. She has a strong dislike to people who do not believe in Elven unity. 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 to a pair of adventurers, Adrie grew up listening to her father's many stories. In her youth she was a Miner, and wanted to be a champion fighter when she grew up. She was working during a period of war, and as one of the natives she lived in fear of joining the others in being slaughtered. She saw the brutality and swore off her fighting aspirations, taking her younger brother on her back after seeing her parents die, and fled the country. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero.

Ideals: Impeccable, Fighting. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 1900 sp. Eye agate (16 gp). Onyx (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man is tall and muscular. He wears a tattered pair of loose black pants, a matching torn shirt, and a visible pair of similar condition same color briefs. His silver hair is matted, messy, and big. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. His father was a soldier and died while he was still young. Barakas was left his father's suit of armor and trained in its use and care. He was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: He is compelled to act according to his religious beliefs.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Religious, Military. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp.

Description: She has a large black mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into her tan robe. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly crossbows and kukris. Her auburn hair is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has blue eyes.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She is obsessed with her god.

History: Shautha was born with her mother's beautiful face. Shautha liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She bought a crossbow and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: A rival would like her out of the picture; and she has a rivalry with the church that dominates her actions

Bonds: Criminal record, Guardian, Religious, Attractive, Nature. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: With violet face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. She is baby faced.

Personality: She is overprotective of those who hire her services. She spends most of her days drinking in the Inn, the rowdiest and most dangerous establishment in town. There she gambles, wrestles and listens to stories told by travelers.

History: A studious child she never was much for a social life, not because she was unlikable, but because she did not seek it out. A freak accident while working with her Cook father left her crippled. She spent several years traveling with her friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: To protect her home; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Cold and demanding tone

Possessions: 3000 gp. Brown-green garnet (40 gp). Golden yellow topaz (300 gp). Azurite (6 gp). Fire opal (800 gp). Malachite (6 gp). Sard (40 gp). Clear bright green emerald (2000 gp). Sard (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Star rose quartz (40 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Rhodochrosite (6 gp). Black pearl (300 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (6 gp). Chrysoberyl (40 gp). Coral (40 gp). Amethyst (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). Red-brown spinel (40 gp). Iolite (40 gp). 1 Medium magic item.