Description: This slender woman stands about 2'10". She tends to wear a heavy leather apron. Coupled with her rolled up shirt sleeves this gives her a very relaxed look. Her red hair is slicked back into a classic pompadour. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food she seems plenty friendly. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Jasmine was taken on many hunting expeditions. At a young age both her parents were killed in an accident. Her uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took her in and had her trained in basic self defense. She has drifted apart from her friends and has been working freelance. Each gave each other a copy of their signature sai.

Motivation: Many dire rats want her driven away; and she wants to meet her childhood hero

Ideals: Philantrophist. Bonds: Attractive, Adventurer, Nature, Criminal record, Enemies. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Voice breaks

Possessions: 500 gp. Aquamarine (200 gp).

Description: She stands about 5'7" and wears light armors faded through time and improper care. Her right leg appears badly burned and disfigured. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her ears are large.

Personality: A skeptical and narcissistic woman, Jacoba's first love is herself. Her second love is also herself. She refers to her adoptive mother 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 a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her mother disappeared, and while she tried to raise money to find her mother, she was betrayed dozens of times. She has been saving her money to try and buy her sister's freedom.

Motivation: To unite with her sister; and she feels the way she acts is they only way to get by in the world

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Ploughman

Voice: Pronounces difficult words wrong

Possessions: 1800 gp. Rose (40 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Black pearl (1500 gp). Banded agate (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Malachite (14 gp). Sard (40 gp). Hematite (14 gp). Deep blue spinel (1500 gp). Jade (110 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, she is a relatively plain woman. She wears a pastel costume with the symbols of luck on her torso. She keeps her long brown fur kept up in a rat tail. Her eyes are green and beady.

Personality: She never swears and excessively uses polite adverbs when speaking. She takes great pride in her work and is very well organized. Her planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of western immigrants she idolized her father. Being born in the west, she completed her medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. She returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. She was a general practitioner in the west for years, until she, through no fault of her own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal she made her way south. She's also a talented Beggar, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: To reunite with her absent father; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Optimist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Immigrant, Family. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 2100 gp. Finely wrought small gold bracelet (40 gp). Carved harp of exotic wood with ivory inlay and zircon gems (900 gp). A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (180 gp). Silver ewer (40 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (300 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is of a modest build and height, but she carries herself more imposing than she is. She dresses in collared shirts and wears a proper scarf over her head. She has dyed her greying silver hair a little too much giving a sharp silver color. Her hazel eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: A deeply religious woman she believes everything happens for a reason. She cannot deal with unfamiliar people for more than a few minutes at a time and if they persist she will grow angry at them.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She was betrayed by a partner and left for dead, teaching her a humbling lesson in trusting others.

Motivation: To protect her home; and her religion dominates her actions

Flaws: Antagonistic, Disease, Ugly. Bonds: Religious, Guardian. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 2000 gp. Brown diamond (5000 gp). Tiger eye turquoise (10 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Eye agate (10 gp). Star rose quartz (30 gp). Golden yellow topaz (700 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.

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what he was had he not made sure his armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit he is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers his face most of the time. He wears his brown hair down. His eyes are silver.

Personality: He cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with his opinion, he thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, he can get violently argumentative. He has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a man enough he will sell his own mother. Money is his most trusted friend.

History: His history is one of pain. He was disowned by both parents and raised among the slaves his parents kept. His homeland was ravaged by war and he spent much of his life rebuilding it. 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 is greedy.

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: PTSD. Bonds: Rich, Slave. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 700 gp.

Description: Her skin has the orange glow of too much sun. She wears a white top hat and white clothes. Her moppish chestnut hair is in a traditional bowl cut. Her ears are large.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Grai will drive conversation. She has no love for corruption and racketeering and views those as crimes of the highest magnitude.

History: Her psionic talent manifested at a young age. Aiming to upstage a rival house, her parents had her trained. At a young age she wooed the heart of her future spouse and the two had a long relationship before they wed. She has since married many spouses, only to have them die. She claims to not be responsible.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and meet up once more with her childhood friend

Ideals: Extrovert, Justice, Gifted. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: In love, Adventurer. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 600 gp. Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Azurite (7 gp). Blue sapphire (500 gp). Blue quartz (7 gp). Red garnet (50 gp).

Description: This man stands a little under 4'9" and is a bit bulky. He is very muscular particularly in the legs. He wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His long red hair is drawn into a two foot long braid. He has several tiny amber earrings on each ear.

Personality: He snorts whenever he laughs or is feeling confident. He does not mind isolation but does not hate company and attempts to receive them as best as possible.

History: He got into the Tailor business at a young age. He was an apprentice working in his father's forge. He now mingles about in high society.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job.

Ideals: Extrovert. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Rich, Job. Occupation: Tailor

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: She is bundled in multiple layers and is prepared for a desert trek wearing a turban that covers her face most of the time. She cuts an attractive figure and her suit of old armor is well cared for even if it is obsolete. She has a long white ponytail with little hanging trinkets. Her green eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: She is highly sensitive about her name. She loathes it, but will not take any guff about it from anyone. She is stubborn though. She always likes to keep a trick up her sleeve. She likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if she feels she even has a chance of losing.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. In her youth she was part of a gang. She got caught, but did not rat out her comrades and served her time in prison. As of late she has set up a hidden staging nest where she ambushes people she hires for escort.

Motivation: She has decided she is irredeemable; and she will attempt to ambush and attack anyone she thinks she can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, she will try to sell them to her slave-trader contact

Flaws: Sensitive, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 60 gp.

Description: With grey face paint in a stripe pattern across his face, he wears a well pressed and immaculate suit (or dress). He keeps his chestnut hair in a pixie cut. His fierce amber eyes like to dwell on things.

Personality: Stoic and calm, he prefers to meditate than take action. He does suffer from mild PTSD, and the sight of gnolls may trigger it at times.

History: Sold as a small child to a wizard, Mindartis was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. He made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. He has dedicated himself to building a better world.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and expand his business

Ideals: Disciplined. Bonds: Enemies, Mentor, Adventurer, Job. Occupation: Adventurer

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 300 gp. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Masterwork Thieves’ tools.