Description: She is in excellent shape and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her hair is chestnut and curly. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

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 will pursue extreme courses of action in the short term, confident that they cannot fail.

History: She was raised in a white middle class family as the only child. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To find somewhere to settle down; and wants to work out more often

Ideals: Athletic, Logical. Flaws: Selfish, Impulsive, Mundane. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: 300 gp. Black pearl (700 gp). Chrysoprase (80 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 gp). Red spinel (100 gp). Black pearl (700 gp).

Description: She wears a pastel vest and prefers blue and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her cinnamon fur is lengthy. Her eyes are yellow and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She has a good heart but also a terrible temper. She will forgive often but not before yelling and berating someone for whatever they have done wrong. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when brigands swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She took after her mother in leading caravans. Because they were valued, her mother taught her to defend herself. When her mother died while fighting brigands, the young Jade began to lead the lost caravan. She has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by brigands, and she desires to right it.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Speaks with squeezed throat

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is a husky man, who dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over his head. His silver hair is still thick. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are white.

Personality: He is a melancholic, but persistent worker. He resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. Any perceived weakness will be pressed and exploited. He is seen as merciless and passionate.

History: He was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In his youth he was part of a gang. He got caught, but did not rat out his comrades and served his time in prison. He has never given up on his writing dream.

Motivation: He is greedy; and he is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences his actions

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed, Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Locksmith

Voice: Spits and sputters

Possessions: 260 gp.

Description: A pudgy woman standing about 2'9" has a big stupid grin on her face most of the time. She is wearing a long, red cloak. Her long red hair reaches down to her waist. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: She is shy and timid. She has not had much interaction with people and is skittish around them. She refers to her adoptive father for almost all things she is unsure about, which are numerous. She is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: She was born at the edge of vast desert. Her first spouse was a Performer, they had one daughter, but her spouse won total custody. Without her spouse to temper her she grew out of control. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark; and she's looking for her big break

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Nature, Guardian, Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Excited and jittery

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

Description: He tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with his rolled up shirt sleeves this gives him a very relaxed look. He wears a feathered hat to hide his balding. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: He believes mankind has become decadent and spoiled by the march of civilization and an end should come to life as we know it. He enjoys reading and quiet.

History: Thamuz was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his father out around the business and became quite the natural. He has made many enemies by not giving into corruption and outing many instances of it.

Motivation: Many dire rats want him driven away; and several ex partners dislike his way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Logical, Justice. Bonds: Nature, Job, Enemies. Occupation: Laborer

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

Possessions: 1000 gp. Black pearl (1000 gp). Deep blue spinel (1000 gp). Malachite (13 gp). Rhodochrosite (13 gp). Moonstone (40 gp). Brown-green garnet (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. He is portly but not overly obese. His chestnut hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. He has several tiny opal earrings on each ear.

Personality: Prone to second guessing himself, he comes off as nervous. He is often prim and proper but will on occasion tell either really disgusting or offensive jokes, which seem out of character.

History: The child of eastern immigrants he idolized his mother. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the east.

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Joker. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Rich, Immigrant. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man is very fat, and 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. He has a small bristly mustache and wavy chestnut hair. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: He is business-like. He takes instructions and follows them to the letter. He is a ruthless business man, a trait he acquired from his mother.

History: He was raised happily, as a normal child born to his mother and father. His mother taught him the rudiments of the Animal Trainer arts, while his father instructed him in etiquette, music and courtly manner. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and to reunite with his old friends

Ideals: Professionalism, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Rich. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: Just what you see.