Description: This slender woman stands about 3'6". She is dressed in a clean blue cloak covering her clean studded leather. She has a very tight haircut. Her eyes are brown and she is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: She is enamored with her job. She loves it. She likes the challenge and she likes helping those less fortunate than her. She is skeptical of what others tell her and is slow to trust.

History: Born to a pair of adventurers, Abalaba grew up listening to her father's many stories. Her father was a mechanic, and taught her how to fix just about anything. She has dedicated herself to building a better village for her children.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and expand her business

Ideals: Persistence, Fighting. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Job, Adventurer. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Stutters

Possessions: 40 pp. Emerald (1500 gp). Alexandrite (500 gp).

Description: The dark-skinned woman stands 5'1" and wears baggy white pantaloons and a pastel scarf. Her chestnut hair is greasy and uncared for. Her blue eyes dart from person to person to random spaces in the air.

Personality: She is quiet and anti-social and can barely make it a few minutes in conversation before her hampering stammer kicks in. She can see the true alignment of people by looking at them, and uses this to pass judgement.

History: Raised by wardens she was only a novice when giants swooped upon their monastery and killed most of the order. She went to a religious school and was inspired by the priests there in charitable deeds. She has taken up leadership of the village's small militia in response to giants demanding more tribute than usual.

Motivation: Someone believes her a fraud; and her religion dominates her actions

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Shy. Bonds: Religious, Enemies. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Uses sign language

Possessions: 3000 gp. A life-sized copper and silver statuette of a cockatrice. (30 gp). A miniature (3 inch) silver gauntlet, trimmed in mother-of-pearl (30 gp). A miniature golden chest with tiny emeralds lining the top (90 gp). Old masterpiece painting (1700 gp). Eyepatch with mock eye of sapphire and moonstone (1700 gp). An ornate, electrum-trimmed steel scabbard worked in swirl-patterns (90 gp). Silver chalice with lapis lazuli gems (90 gp). Large well-done wool tapestry (600 gp). Ceremonial electrum dagger with a star ruby in the pommel (1000 gp). Cloth of gold vestments (90 gp). Silver-plated steel longsword with jet jewel in hilt (1000 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. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This malnourished man wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. His Stetson hat is riddled with cuts and holes. He has blue eyes.

Personality: He takes his job very seriously, in part because he fears he cannot get a new one. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: Born in the west to a Engraver, Bagabug learned a great deal about his mother's area of expertise. In his 20th year, while out on a day-trip, he returned to find his hometown burning and destroyed. He found his mother impaled in their home, and his father beheaded. He saw the man who walked out, and charged him in a blind rage. The man easily evaded and defeated him, leaving him to live broken and terrified. He then took over the family business and is one of the better Engraver for hire.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg; and balancing his hectic life and new engraver responsibilities is difficult

Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Poor, Job. Occupation: Engraver

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 28000 sp. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: She has a missing left arm. She is typically in her Map Maker uniform. She sports a flattop fur cut. She has hazel eyes and a brown hat with a black feather.

Personality: Aggressive, abrasive, and angry, Gale embodies much of what other species detest in the Tabaxis. To her fellows she is seen as friendly and intelligent, but is angry and unforgiving to the so called fatcats and any who do and have associated with them.

History: She got into the Map Maker business at a young age. When the war came and ruined her parents she was left adrift. She was a hard woman then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: Further expansion of business; and she wants revenge against dire rats

Flaws: Antagonistic, PTSD. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1200 gp. Solid gold idol (700 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (200 gp).

Description: He wears tight fighting clothing, which leaves very little to the imagination. His silver hair is kept up in a ponytail inside a feathered hat. His blue eyes have a joyful gleam in them most of the time.

Personality: He considers himself a man of culture and sophistication. He likes a good challenge to his wits. He never wears the same outfit twice, unless he absolutely has to.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. While he appears to be a normal Half-Orc, he's... not quite right. Perhaps he's slightly insane, or otherwise so mentally alien to the rest of the world that he plain doesn't fit in. Recently a tribe of dire rats attacked the village and all able bodies who could hold a blade were quickly armed and sent to the walls. Rûg fought at the side of some of the regions greatest heroes but was never overshadowed.

Motivation: He is not mentally stable, and does not behave rationally.

Ideals: Fighting, Impeccable, Artistic. Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Map Maker

Voice: German accent

Possessions: 500 gp. Red spinel (40 gp). Eye agate (7 gp). 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Melee.

Description: A woman with a cold, calculating air about her, she is dressed in earthy colors with a black and yellow handkerchief worn on her right side. She wears her hair in dreadlocks. Her voice is smooth and creepy, always level, but somehow just slightly unnerving.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. More though she will beg to come along on any journeys. She will attempt to stowaway on any ship she can in the hopes that it will get her further away.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She was taken from her home at a very young age. She was granted divine powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: An old rival family wants her found; and to prove her worth to the world

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Insane, Impulsive. Bonds: Slave, Military, Family. Occupation: Shepherd

Voice: Relaxed voice

Possessions: 800 gp. Freshwater pearl (13 gp). Chalcedony (20 gp). Obsidian (13 gp). Golden pearl (40 gp).

Description: This petite short woman is perpetually holding a chocolate of some kind. She wears a blue collared shirt and grey skirt. She accessorizes with a white scarf around the waist and a strap diagonally across her shirt, marred by chocolates. Her chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. She tend to wears goggles to shield her eyes.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. She will often invite strangers home for dinner and talk their ears off. She cares deeply for her spouse and does her best to make sure her guests look presentable.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. A gypsy cursed her at a young age, leading to her ugly appearance. She used her abilities to travel the world and help people.

Motivation: Wishes to resurrect an old love; and wants to have a good time and be beloved

Ideals: Philantrophist, Optimist. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: In love. Occupation: Doctor

Voice: Low range voice

Possessions: 70 gp. A pair of silk slippers encrusted with tiny pearls. (130 gp).

Description: He wears a red shirt, with a violet mid length shorts with violet tights and flats, usually wearing a coat over them. His skin is fair and his fingers are delicate and long. He sports a long golden beard, and similarly colored long hair. His eyes, though not visible through his cowl, are hazel.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. A fanatic, his devotion to his small selection of gods is unquestionable. He claims to be doing their will and will base all his actions on whether or not they would be pleasing to the gods.

History: He was born at the edge of vast island. He struck it rich when he found rare goods in large quantities. 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 loathes his own lifestyle; and he feels kind of lost in life

Ideals: Impeccable. Flaws: Depressed. Bonds: Religious, Nature, Rich. Occupation: Painter

Voice: Ums and uhs a lot

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: She is a small woman, but exceptionally fit. She tends to wear a tan poncho over her likewise colored trousers and shirt. She wears a feathered hat to hide her balding. She has gleaming, smiling hazel eyes.

Personality: She is inclined to make off color jokes and interpret anything that could be construed as such as innuendo. She is very protective of her business, her home, and her spouse. She is willing to work with less than legal methods but maintains the front of legitimacy.

History: She was born to a pair of big game hunters, but was frequently ill as a child. Lorilla abandoned her home at a very young age, living in the fields and plains. She survived everyday through hunting and stealing from passersby. She did whatever it took for her to survive. She has became unsatisfied with her lot in life, and decided to take up adventuring.

Motivation: To reunite with her old friends; and obtaining odd cultural tiefling artifacts is her passion

Ideals: Athletic, Joker. Flaws: Disease. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Dutch accent

Possessions: 10 pp. 1 Tanglefoot bags.