Description: She is scrawny and has patchy dark red stubble. She wears a black vest and prefers tan and red shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. She has a hunchback. She has no hair. Her face is covered beneath a completely black helmet.

Personality: She seems absolutely devoid of it. She stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. She is cautious and jumpy. She reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: Bryseis was born to in a poor docking district. She spent her early days working in the same smith shop her mother was employed at, doing general labor. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. Unlike her family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, she wanted to work in the city. She has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: She is content; and she feels threatened by others

Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, Fearful. Bonds: Poor. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Sore throat, cough

Possessions: 9000 sp. Alexandrite (400 gp). Star rose quartz (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (700 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Runty and weak-looking, he 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 wavy silver hair. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, he has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. He refers to his adoptive father for almost all things he is unsure about, which are numerous. He is very much still a child and has not developed a drive for self-dependency.

History: He was born to loving parents in a slum to the south. He was part of a huge silver rush, which was taken over by a mining company. The company confiscated a lot of silver, but the shipment was lost. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Marry his sister to traveling adventurers; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Poor, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Sighs a lot, exhausted

Possessions: 28000 sp. Deep green spinel (160 gp). Black opal (700 gp). Malachite (15 gp). Blue quartz (15 gp).

Description: She is well dressed, but even with her fine clothing she looks run-down. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. Her hair is blue and curly. Her eyes are black and catlike.

Personality: She has always had a great fascination with Halfling culture. She uses divination through singing.

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. Her necromantic abilities were realized during a raid on her village. She eventually got the idea of being the protector of her homeland from reading books, and has made it her duty.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Attractive, Guardian. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 800 gp. Blue quartz (6 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her auburn hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. Her blue eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She will rave to anyone who will listen. Further she is a bit of a stoner and is frequently out of it.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when dire rats swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a dire rats raid, leaving Ermina alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. Days after completing her studies, news broke out that her hometown was attacked by dire rats. Ermina was horrified and prayed that her father was alright. However, she heard that her father had died fighting off the dire rats.

Motivation: She is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane, Addict. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Slave Trader

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 300 pp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white collared shirt and green skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt. She has wavy white hair. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: Born in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her father. Her mother was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but she insists her mother was legitimate. She has never given up on her painting dream.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and balancing her hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Job. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Nasally tone

Possessions: 1000 sp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. Her attire stands in sharp contrast to her dagger, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a skull on it. She sports a flattop hair cut. She is baby faced.

Personality: She acts crazy and hedonistic. She is a logical person and will generally grow upset if things defy logic and science.

History: She was raised happily, as a normal child born to her father and mother. Her father taught her the rudiments of the Architect arts, while her mother instructed her in etiquette, music and courtly manner. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She routinely visits covens of witches but complains that many are fraudulent and lack true knowledge of magic.

Motivation: She is greedy; and to share knowledge with the world

Ideals: Logical, Athletic. Flaws: Hedonist. Bonds: Rich. Occupation: Architect

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 900 pp. Moss agate (10 gp). Aquamarine (900 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Sard (20 gp). Blue star sapphire (1100 gp). Deep blue spinel (900 gp). Amber (120 gp). Violet garnet (900 gp). 1 Medium magic item.

Description: He is a small man, but exceptionally fit. He wears red trousers with tan and red striped suspenders. He wears various colorful collared shirts. His golden hair is well kept and his bushy mustache is tapered upwards at the ends. He has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: He is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before his hampering stammer kicks in. Only to laugh say gotcha and shoot double pistol fingers at the fooled target.

History: Trained by his father for as long as he can remember he had it drilled in his head that it was his duty to serve his country. He was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. He never won. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and he wants nothing more than to rejoin the army

Ideals: Athletic, Joker, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: French accent

Possessions: 1000 sp.