Description: A plain young-adult woman, she wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. Her red hair is still thick. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She seeks to pay back kindness whenever she gets the chance. Whether it be in the form of unwanted serenades or the latest gossip she always seeks to do solids for her friends.

History: Her history is one of pain. She was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves her parents kept. Jo was orphaned to a temple shortly after her birth. She was raised by the temple staff to care always for others above herself and to hold her god always in her heart. She now spends her time doing works of charity.

Motivation: She is compelled to act according to her religious beliefs; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Disciplined, Philantrophist. Bonds: Slave, Religious. Occupation: Fisher

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 400 pp. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is an average looking northern female in her early mid-life. She wears a worn and beaten armor. Her hair is short and black. She has blue eyes.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. She is however nostalgic and wants to reunite with her old comrades. She has some compunction and patriotism and will work for the government before all other clients.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Althaea grew up listening to her father's many stories. She has had some formal singing training, and achieved minor success. She then took over the family business and is one of the better Fletcher for hire.

Motivation: She is wracked by social anxiety; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Addict, Fearful. Bonds: Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 3000 gp. Golden yellow topaz (800 gp). Alexandrite (800 gp). Deep green spinel (60 gp). Amber (60 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). White pearl (60 gp). Moonstone (30 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This man typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep black leather and dull green iron scale mail, and sports empty pouches on his belt. He wears a Stetson hat to hide his balding. He wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk he knows how to make people feel guilty. He tends to be very friendly, and is drawn to music, the smells of food and wine, and out-door festivals.

History: Dadalan hails from a village terrorized by brigands. He married young, but lost his spouse to brigands. He has never given up on his poetry dream.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and someone believes him a fraud

Ideals: Optimist, Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Enemies, Family. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: High pitched and raspy

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates his frame. He has a moderate pudge and is not very fit. His silver hair is cut short. His eyes are hazel and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He passes on several rewards to people in need. He makes a point to leave places better than he found them.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Halimath grew up listening to his father's many stories. A gifted student he started as a Carpenter, but he got bored and became a Courier. He's since become an addict/alcoholic.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally; and he'd like to take his coworkers down a peg

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Addict, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: 3000 sp. 1 Breastplate. 1 Half-Plate. 1 Banded mail.

Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Dwarves. Her skin is light but she possesses many red ritualistic tattoos. She 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. Her hair is silver and very short. Her eyes are a pleasant brown.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with dancing. She constantly tries to fill her life with dancing. She receives visions of the future at random moments

History: Gifted from a young age, Hlin studied abroad. Hlin was born on a far northern plains where she grew up under the tutelage of her mother, an expert Stylist. Now she works as a dancing tutor during her time off.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Human artifacts is her passion; and she desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Artistic, Gifted, Logical. Bonds: Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Stylist

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1700 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Golden circlet with four aquamarines (4000 gp). Jeweled anklet (3000 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized blue coat. She has no hair. Judging by the bloodshot nature of her eyes and the massive bags underneath them one would imagine she has not slept for days.

Personality: Theirastra is depressed about a lot of things. She tends to be a nihilist. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. She was an adventurer many years ago and she formed a blood bond with her Human companion (her 'brother'). She became a plane-shifter, and is stopping over on this plane for a brief visit.

Motivation: She loathes her own lifestyle.

Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac, Depressed. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Cartwright

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 5000 cp. 1 Banded mail.

Description: This fat eastern woman has a bulbous nose and wears a tan tunic with red highlights, and long tan pants that bunch up around her shoes. Her skin is also unnaturally pale. Her black hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. Her eyes are hazel and beady.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. A fanatic, her devotion to her small selection of gods is unquestionable. She claims to be doing their will and will base all her actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: She was born into a rich family. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent mother; and she'd like to take her coworkers down a peg

Flaws: Ugly, Sensitive. Bonds: Religious, Rich, Job, Family. Occupation: Barrister

Voice: Mousy voice

Possessions: Red-brown spinel (160 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). Deep blue spinel (800 gp).

Description: This fat western man has a bulbous nose and likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. His skin is also unnaturally pale. His hair, while still mostly brown, has prominent grey streaks. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He hates dire rats. He views them as having robbed his home of its proper glory. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. He worked as a nervous Bather and found it very stressful. He inherited the family business which he has now maintained for 4 years.

Motivation: Balancing his hectic life and new Bather responsibilities is difficult; and he is unsatisfied with his job

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Enemies, Rich, Job. Occupation: Bather

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 60 pp. Old masterpiece painting (500 gp). Gold dragon comb with red garnet eye (700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (500 gp).

Description: This woman is bedraggled and starved. She dresses well, wearing pastel shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She has moderate length orange fur. Her eyes are green.

Personality: She will use flattery and sarcasm to attack and weaken her opponents. Despite her formidable combat skills she remains a coward. 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: The child of southern immigrants she idolized her father. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and to fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever

Ideals: Fighting. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Shoemaker

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 gp.