Description: A thin woman, she clearly needs to put on some weight, but she still has a lot of muscle. She wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is knotted and matted. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She is a melancholic, but persistent worker. She resents family life and as such spurns the advances of admirers. She will do just about anything if she becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this she is easily convinced.

History: Marastyr was born with her father's beautiful face. She was an athlete and attended two major summer competitions. She never won. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: Wants to work out more often; and she loathes her own lifestyle

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Athletic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Has a crush. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: This woman is very fat, and wears a faded coat and loose pants complete with wide-brimmed hat. Her long white crest is drawn into a two foot long braid. She has several tiny topaz earrings on each ear.

Personality: She considers herself a woman of culture and sophistication. She likes a good challenge to her wits. She is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Her mother raised her in a mountain cabin. She 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 she grew older, she became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. She began work as a mercenary for hire. She would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: A need for knowledge about a nearby landmark.

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 30 pp.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Half-Orcs. His skin is dark but he possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. He wears tattered old clothes. He has a long auburn beard with little hanging trinkets. His eyes are green and catlike.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Half-Orc in existence. He is obsessed with finding treasure.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when gnolls swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His father was supposedly a charlatan fortune teller, but he insists his father was legitimate. When he grew older, he became a bit more civilized, usually hanging around bars and taverns. He began work as a mercenary for hire. He would embark on any mission as long as the price was right.

Motivation: His name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and he desires to right it.

Ideals: Justice. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Adventurer, Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Sounds elderly

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a custom-built plate barding that's adorned with red lining and desert motifs. She carries with her a set of hand crossbows, each one with a aquamarine on the hilt. She only wears one on her belt and the other on her back. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. Her hazel eyes dart around the room hyper actively observing anyone and anything.

Personality: She likes to fabricate stories about her past exploits and how crazy she is, but in actuality she is rather bland. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: She was raised in a island tribe. There was a wharf not far from home where she often wandered off to fish. 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: Her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion.

Ideals: Fighting, Justice. Flaws: Mundane. Bonds: Nature, Family. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 80 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A thin man, he clearly needs to put on some weight, but he still has a lot of muscle. He very much looks the part of a Miller. He keeps his long golden hair kept up in a rat tail. He has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. He wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: He is envious of other's things. He hoards treasure, art, food, wine, and anything that he so desires. To his fellows he is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: Raised by wardens he was only a novice when orcs swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. His childhood dream was to be a Masseuse, but he was a colossal failure. He has gone from town to town till he finds a spot where he can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Sabotage a competitor.

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Greedy. Bonds: Job, Enemies, Religious. Occupation: Miller

Voice: High pitched, excited

Possessions: Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1400 gp). Jeweled gold crown (6000 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1200 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (6000 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). A necklace of small pink pearls (6000 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (180 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Solid gold idol (500 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (300 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (100 gp). Gold and topaz bottle stopper cork (1400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man wears black robes with leather pauldrons. Though occasionally he wears more armor. He prefers to carry a greataxe, but if one is not available he will default to his hand crossbow. He has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized opal on his right hand. With bright brown hair and a scraggly beard. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Borgu will drive conversation. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. 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 knows his nephew is from a royal line that had remained secret for centuries, but promised not to tell anyone. So far, no-one knows but him.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and money/treasure

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Mentor. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Uses sign language

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

Description: A middle-aged man, he has a large green mantle and cape that has been intricately interwoven into his brown robe, and is pretty ugly. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. His eyes are red.

Personality: He is quiet and reserved most of the time, but warms up to people very quickly. Around friends he is liable to tell dirty jokes and enjoy himself. He is lazy and tries to find solutions quickly.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His childhood dream was to be a Soapmaker, but he was a colossal failure. He has worked as a Courier like his mother before him.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and balancing his hectic life and new courier responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Joker. Flaws: Ugly, Lazy. Bonds: Slave, Job. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 6000 sp. 1 Good lock. 1 Bullseye lantern. 1 Masterwork Artisan’s tools. 1 Spyglass.