Description: A 5'4" southern woman, she wears very tight pants and wife beaters, though occasionally she sports a brown coat. Her fur is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She has copper eyes.

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. Animals are drawn to her, and she is able to talk to them.

History: She grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. She always admired divine-users and wanted to develop the talent, but never had the affinity for it. She tends to her Miller job now, and dutifully fulfills any obligations she has.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and balancing her hectic life and new miller responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Selfish, Mundane. Bonds: Job, Rich. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Rolls R's

Possessions: 2300 gp. Chrysoberyl (120 gp). Violet garnet (1000 gp). Rhodochrosite (12 gp).

Description: He is scrawny and has patchy silver crest. He wears baggy green pantaloons and a grey scarf. He has a hunchback. He wears a small hat to hide his balding. His gold eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: Always inclined to offer people food he seems plenty friendly. The war was a terrible time for him, and Quarethon does not often speak of it. When he does, he does so with a strained expression and tears in his eyes.

History: The child of a Sage, who enjoyed hunting, Quarethon was taken on many hunting expeditions. Quarethon liked to wander the woods near his home when he was young, something he still likes to do at least once a week. He never liked modest clothing or shoes, so he would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and he developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. He bought a nunchaku and has really upped his game hunting, due to his understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: He feels kind of lost in life.

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Ugly, Depressed. Bonds: Military, Nature. Occupation: Sailor

Voice: Strong lisp

Possessions: 200 gp. Jet (50 gp). Sard (80 gp).

Description: This exceptionally lanky man wears a green vest and prefers black and white shirts. His boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. His blue crest is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His red eyes are passionate and lively.

Personality: He seems absolutely devoid of it. He stares off into space and will respond with overly literal and minimalist answers to questions. His home and work are filled with various knick knacks he has acquired through the years. He cares a great deal for his adopted teenage daughter.

History: Born the oldest of a large religious southern family, he was no stranger to responsibility. He dropped out of school before completing his studies. 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: His religion dominates his actions.

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane. Bonds: Family, Religious. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Hollow voice

Possessions: 100 gp. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This tall, slender woman wears many layers of old clothing at all times. She has dyed her greying golden hair a little too much giving a sharp golden color. Her violet eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She does not believe in violence as a means to an end. She is a dedicated Seamstress but believes her peers are too gung-ho.

History: She was born in a small island village. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Merla grew up in the orphanage, tormented by the older kids and famished from lack of food. To avoid death by starvation, most orphans take to a life of crime or prostitution (often both), and so did Merla. She bought a hammer and has really upped her game hunting, due to her understanding of decoy and ambush.

Motivation: 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.

Ideals: Philantrophist, Pacifist. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Poor, Nature, Criminal record. Occupation: Seamstress

Voice: pre-pubescent

Possessions: 120 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He sports red clothing, slightly heavier than average wear. His white hair is thinning but still full. His eyes are amber and catlike.

Personality: Cocky and sure of himself, he believes he is the best Bookbinder born in the past three hundred years. He is stubborn though. He always likes to keep a trick up his sleeve. He likes to fight dirty and will kick and punch below the belt if he feels he even has a chance of losing.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: To be a Spice Merchant again; and balancing his hectic life and new bookbinder responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Athletic, Entrepeneur. Bonds: Job, Criminal record, Immigrant. Occupation: Bookbinder

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: 1700 sp.

Description: He prefers to wear brown clothing when he does not wear armor. His lavender fur is greasy and uncared for. His eyes are copper.

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. Jade is a bit of a follower. Usually he is manipulated by his brothers into helping them out, but recently he has become more of a free agent.

History: He was born to a wealthy landowner in a frontier town, living a normal and happy childhood. At a young age both his parents were killed in an accident. His uncle (a powerful person with enemies on both sides of the law) took him in and had him trained in basic self defense. He has been saving his money to try and buy his brother's freedom.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and he has decided he is irredeemable

Ideals: Opinionated. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Family, Rich, Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Actor

Voice: Scottish accent

Possessions: 2400 gp. Smoky quartz (70 gp). Golden yellow topaz (400 gp). Alexandrite (400 gp). Lapis lazuli (16 gp). Golden pearl (100 gp). Black star sapphire (600 gp).

Description: This dark-skinned female dresses well, wearing yellow shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. She is tall, broad shouldered and powerfully built. Her hair is cut close to her head. She wears crescent spectacles with a black brim.

Personality: A rambunctious noisy drunk she knows how to make people feel guilty. She loves her children and doesn't want them to worry about her. She loves to share her singing with anyone who is interested.

History: Born in the east her family was never financially stable. From her teen years she was always beautiful and desirable, so people have always doted on her. She has never given up on her singing dream.

Motivation: Doesn't want to be a Barkeep and was forced into it by her family; and to unite with her sister

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Attractive, Family, Poor. Occupation: Barkeep

Voice: Spits words with contempt

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: 4'7" and lanky with angular features, she is an attractive figure. She is typically in her Miner uniform. Her auburn hair is knotted and matted. She has a tattooed face.

Personality: She is business-like. She takes instructions and follows them to the letter. She is obsessed with a lost civilization.

History: She was born at the edge of vast forest. She was an apprentice working in her mother's forge. She has gone from town to town till she finds a spot where she can set up a sustainable business.

Motivation: Wants to open a new tavern; and to be a layabout again

Ideals: Professionalism. Bonds: Job, Attractive, Adventurer, Nature. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Hard of hearing, loud

Possessions: 200 gp.

Description: He is a pot bellied northern man with a big hulking figure and broad shoulders. He is dressed in a clean black cloak covering his clean studded leather. He has done his best to style his black crest to look like a famous performer. His eyes are red and beady.

Personality: He has a very dry and sarcastic sense of humor. He is not one for noise or eating so much, which is in direct contrast with his big mouthed big gutted partner. His partner is his best friend in the world. The two are very close despite being more or less each other's opposites. He does not trust anyone and sleeps with one eye open.

History: Sold as a small child to a brothel owner, Vrondiss was an assistant, and all too frequently test subject. He eventually earned his freedom when his former master disappeared. Vrondiss 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. Lacking all sense, he decided to go on an adventure. He picked a direction and started trekking.

Motivation: He has passion for adventuring and risk; and to get a good night's sleep

Ideals: Athletic. Flaws: Ugly, Insomniac. Bonds: Adventurer, Mentor. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Farmer accent

Possessions: 1800 gp.