Description: An older woman who dresses like a well dressed Courier does, she is not a threatening figure. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. She is very pretty but has cold, dead eyes.

Personality: She hates giants. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. As she has aged she has sought to do reparations for her actions as a youth. She is also making sure that her compatriots who never received punishment for their crimes are brought to justice.

History: Ethereal hails from a village terrorized by giants. In her 11th year, her parents were killed by a giants raid, leaving Ethereal alone in the world. After a stint in an orphanage, she was adopted. She struck the Courier job and began her own company from there.

Motivation: She is a bit of a kleptomaniac; and several ex partners dislike her way of doing things and want revenge

Ideals: Justice. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Enemies, Criminal record. Occupation: Courier

Voice: Tuts and clicks tongue

Possessions: 70 pp.

Description: He has a missing left arm. He dresses in blue turtlenecks beneath a yellow coat with blue slacks. His white hair is heavily combed to the left. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. The war was a terrible time for him, and Alston does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: He served in the navy to pay for his family's outstanding loans. As a young adult he joined a group advocating for an improvement in Gnomish conditions. Unlike his family, who was content to work in a sleepy main town, he wanted to work in the city. He has been working here for the past few years.

Motivation: A strong sense of loyalty to Halfling people; and to end his boredom

Flaws: Mundane, Depressed, Racist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Dyer

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 9000 sp. Moss agate (11 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This late middle aged man wears white leather gloves, a white jacket, and tight pants and is in decent physical shape. He wears his auburn hair up. His hazel eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Eccentric and domineering, Wiggan will drive conversation. He takes great pride in his work and is very well organized. His planner is full of calendar events.

History: The child of a Sailor, who enjoyed hunting, Wiggan was taken on many hunting expeditions. After coming to the age of reason, Wiggan took it upon himself to study the martial arts in their entirety; because of this, he was labeled a dark omen and banished from his homeland. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Hunter.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life; and balancing his hectic life and new hunter responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Extrovert, Gifted. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Job, Nature. Occupation: Hunter

Voice: Slurs words

Possessions: 180 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: The woman speaks with an almost imperceptible accent. She seems to always be the slightest bit damp as if she got out from a pool a few moments ago. She wears a fancy yellow dress. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She wears large thick round spectacles.

Personality: She takes her job very seriously, in part because she fears she cannot get a new one. She is lazy, self-centered, vain, and jealous.

History: She was born with several neurological imbalances, which makes sleep difficult for her. It may also be what makes her so good at details. A freak accident while working with her Barber mother left her crippled. She ran away from her former home and has been making her living as a Map Maker for the past few years.

Motivation: Expand her business; and wants to open a new tavern

Flaws: Selfish, Disease, Insomniac. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Job. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 600 gp. Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Azurite (4 gp). Alexandrite (1100 gp). 1 Hourglass. 1 Masterwork manacles. 1 Spyglass.

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'9" and tends to wear a large grey jacket. Her white hair is unkempt and raggedy. Her face possesses mild wrinkles. Her smile is extraordinarily sincere though she does not smile often.

Personality: Soft-spoken and well mannered, she has an amazing amount of patience and a slow boiling temper. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She took every job she could get her hands on, but the opportunities for Humans in the east were limited. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She is content.

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Ugly, Shy, Mundane. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant. Occupation: Fletcher

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 3000 cp. Red-brown spinel (50 gp).

Description: A woman of a pale complexion, she is wearing colorful clothing, dressed as a Map Maker. Her purple hair is lengthy. She wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into her face.

Personality: Confrontational and typically high on some drug or another. 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 to a criminal king-pin and mafia family Her family was being driven out of business by several neighboring competitors. The father sought out extralegal help and others began closing their doors. She saw this and took pride in her father's willingness to do anything to win. She now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: She wants to meet her childhood hero; and a need for knowledge about a nearby landmark

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Addict. Bonds: Religious, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Can't modulate volume

Possessions: 1900 sp.

Description: He dresses well, typically a more casual-formal manner. His red crest is lengthy and is close to two feet long. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He runs his personal life as if detached from it. He organizes appointments and outings based on perceived benefits he will get from it. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: He comes from a rich northern family. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. When his spouse passed he lost his only source of income but claims to his sons to still be retired.

Motivation: Money/treasure.

Flaws: Selfish, Fearful. Bonds: Attractive, Rich, Family. Occupation: Blacksmith

Voice: Uses lots of figures of speech

Possessions: 500 gp. Blue star sapphire (900 gp). Rhodochrosite (10 gp). Blue quartz (10 gp). Black pearl (400 gp).

Description: Wearing a closed helm and plate, one would not know what she was had she not made sure her armor was more form fitting than normal. Outside of the suit she wears a red costume with the symbols of strength on her torso. She wears her brown hair up in a very large beehive style do. Her violet eyes peer out from beneath her top red hat.

Personality: Aside from being a little slow due to sleep deprivation she is generally quite perceptive. She notices little details and can draw good conclusions from them. She invented a lineage for herself and claims to be descended from several legendary heroes.

History: She was born to a criminal king-pin and mafia family She was married off to the eldest child of a minor noble. Her spouse died of illness and she inherited everything. She would ruin relationships and cause injury. She was reprimanded several times before being given her current form and forced to learn humility.

Motivation: She's looking for her big break; and she has comitted a past crime that haunts her to this day

Flaws: Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Criminal record, Rich. Occupation: Junk Dealer

Voice: Loud with bravado

Possessions: 8000 sp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: He wears long strands of opal and short white dresses (or suits) accompanied by the proper stockings and shoes, with gloves of varying lengths, and he perpetually has his ceremonial dagger ready. He wears his black hair down. His green eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: He is a hateful person. He taunts others and blames them for his problems. He is fiercely devoted to his mother, and views his mother's ex-spouse as an evil person for separating him from his legal half-sister.

History: A studious child he never was much for a social life, not because he was unlikable, but because he did not seek it out. Being born in the west, he completed his medical training abroad so as to avoid the war. He returned after the war having achieved medical proficiency. He was a general practitioner in the west for years, until he, through no fault of his own, lost a patient who had a very powerful family. Rather than risk reprisal he made his way north. He has built up a small fortune and can afford his own way.

Motivation: He has money and likes to spend it; and regain custody of his daughter

Ideals: Fighting, Gifted. Flaws: Antagonistic. Bonds: Rich, Family. Occupation: Healer

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 300 gp. Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (900 gp). 1 Minor magic item.