Description: She is a paragon of her species. She is larger and stronger than most Elves. Her skin is dark but she possesses many black ritualistic tattoos. She tends to wear a large tan jacket. She has done her best to style her brown hair to look like a famous performer. Her amber eyes lackadaisically let the world flow into them.

Personality: A grumpy gal she will invite people to lunch so she can critique them. Yet she still seems generally likeable, like a lovable grump. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Shava was raised in a hard working conservative environment. When Shava reached her early adolescence her Elf mother passed away. Feeling disconnected from the small nearby village afterwards, she decided to travel. Her rounds led her into the Army with a few individuals who would become her life-long companions. She became a Map Maker soon after.

Motivation: She has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day; and further expansion of business

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Antagonistic, Shy. Bonds: Job, Military, Criminal record. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 1100 sp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). A detailed rose, with petals and thorns, constructed of silver and electrum (50 gp). Silver ewer (50 gp). 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: She is an attractive woman, lean and moderately muscular. She wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her brown hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a small hat. Her eyes are likewise gold.

Personality: She is a woman who does what she needs to. She will acquiesce to black mail and extortion to avoid trouble. She is a great chef.

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. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Tieflings in the south were limited. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: She is being blackmailed/forced/etc and this influences her actions; and she feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help

Ideals: Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Fortune-teller

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 5000 cp.

Description: This late middle aged woman wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination and is in decent physical shape. Her brown hair has been sun bleached extensively. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She swings through moods quickly. One moment she is cool and collected, the next she is carried away by passions. Her actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as she answers to a power that mortal women fail to acknowledge.

History: She was born blind and as such lacked many opportunities for work. Aside from being a slave or a gladiator, there isn't much legitimate work for Gnomes in Ranala's homeland. Ranala decided to take the middle way and become a bodyguard. She moves from town to town, unable to find a place to settle.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever.

Ideals: Fighting, Passionate. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Religious, Immigrant. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Speaks like tongue is numb

Possessions: 1200 gp. Violet garnet (1600 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Black opal (1300 gp). Jasper (80 gp). White opal (1300 gp). Violet garnet (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man with a cold, calculating air about him, he likes to wear ponchos typically of a light white in addition to tight pants. His long silver hair reaches down to his waist. His fair skin shows little sign of his aristocratic breeding.

Personality: He is happy with his job as a Soapmaker. He turns his eye from what people do, preferring to live and let live. He is ready at a moment's notice to give into his darker urges. He is a real pyromaniac and does not care who the fire hurts. He often ends up burning people alive in the fires he starts.

History: He was born the only child of a wealthy merchant. There was a wharf not far from home where he often wandered off to fish. Being a Soapmaker kept his interest for a while, but then he became depressed and bored. So he turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: Seeks redemption; and he is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Criminal record, Nature. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: This slender man stands about 3'3". He wears rags and sports a simple walking cane. His blonde hair and beard is wavy and long. He has a dull look in his violet eyes.

Personality: He loves telling others what to do and how they should feel about things. He does not believe in violence as a means to an end. He is a dedicated Mercenary but believes his peers are too gung-ho.

History: Born to a Sculptor, his father struggled to pay the bills. A gifted student he started as a Sculptor, but he got bored and became a Mercenary. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: His spouse's relatives view him with great suspicion; and expand his business

Ideals: Opinionated, Pacifist. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Poor, Job, Family. Occupation: Mercenary

Voice: Italian accent

Possessions: 400 gp. Jet (150 gp).

Description: She wears tattered old clothes. Her skin is fair and her fingers are delicate and long. Her long brown hair reaches down to her waist. Her gray eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

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 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 in a small village she learned the ways of the warrior from her mother. Her mother was very strict, and drilled into her lessons on being the perfect lady. Lacking all sense, she decided to go on an adventure. She picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly, Selfish. Bonds: Adventurer. Occupation: Layabout

Voice: Whispers

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: He has a missing right arm. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His hair is auburn and very short. He was beautiful and young once, which still shows through his age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. 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 a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Rurik was taken on many hunting expeditions. Rurik abandoned his home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. He survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. He did whatever it took for him to survive. He has drifted apart from his friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature mace.

Motivation: Obtaining odd cultural Half-Elven artifacts is his passion; and he's looking for his big break

Ideals: Fighting, Joker. Bonds: Attractive, Nature, Adventurer. Occupation: Jeweler

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: 4000 gp. An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (80 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (80 gp). Silver comb with moonstones (900 gp). A pair of blacksmith’s puzzle; each has a pair of interlocked iron designs that users try to take apart and put back together (30 gp). A roughly beaten golden orb (80 gp). Sapphire pendant on gold chain (1300 gp). Black velvet mask with numerous citrines (80 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (100 gp).

Description: This younger middle-aged man usually wears his grey robe and has his axe always slung over his shoulder, and a wedding ring on his right hand. His red hair is cut short with large spiked bangs in the front. His fierce brown eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He moves from fascination to fascination almost instantaneously. If something can keep his interest for a month it is impressive.

History: He got into the Shipwright business at a young age. When he came of age, he joined a caravan that would eventually take him to the capital. He would practice along the way and, when he arrived, be apprenticed to a Shipwright. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Shipwright.

Motivation: Further expansion of business.

Flaws: Cynical, Hedonist. Bonds: In love, Job, Religious. Occupation: Shipwright

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

Possessions: 350 gp. 4 Smokesticks.

Description: A man with a calm yet intense air about him, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). With bright golden hair and a scraggly beard. His amber eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 5. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. A friendly and beautiful Half-Orc, he is rarely seen without a few beauties around his arms. Though a playboy in all rights, he is no lame duck.

History: Born to a Spy, his mother struggled to pay the bills. Since his mother passed away years ago, his father had doted on him, and he came to think her himself as special and better than other people in town. A notion that was reinforced by his attractiveness, a trait in which he easily excels the other men of his town. He spent several years traveling with his friend, before both settled down to enjoy the fruits of their adventures.

Motivation: Meet up once more with his childhood friend.

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Merchant

Voice: Timid voice

Possessions: 14000 cp.