Description: With brown face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she is wearing dark clothing and a heavy breastplate, keeping many of her physical features obscured. Her blonde hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. She has violet eyes.

Personality: She fancies herself a trickster and likes to rely on her wits to carry the day. She cares for her older siblings and likes to be recognized by them. She is afraid of women and trembles around them

History: Born in the east to a Carter, Grai learned a great deal about her father's area of expertise. She worked as a nervous Carter and found it very stressful. She has recently attracted an admirer that believes she's playing hard to get.

Motivation: To share knowledge with the world; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Family, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Booming voice

Possessions: 27000 cp. Carnelian (60 gp). Lapis lazuli (11 gp). Chrysoberyl (160 gp). Chalcedony (60 gp). 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She is armored in gleaming platemail with gilded edges. A flowing green cape and mantle trimmed with soft brown waves gently in the breeze, and carries daggers. Her crest is greying and her face has many wrinkles. She was beautiful and young once, which still shows through her age, but it is a faded beauty.

Personality: She cares much about the opinion of others, both in good and in bad: when keeping in line with her opinion, she thinks highly of the other person, but when opinions clash, she can get violently argumentative. 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 comes from a rich western family. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Saphara 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 Saphara. Being a Navigator kept her interest for a while, but then she became depressed and bored. So she turned to a secret life of crime, taking increasingly more risks and challenges.

Motivation: She is greedy; and seeks redemption

Ideals: Fighting, Opinionated. Bonds: Rich, Attractive, Criminal record. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 3000 sp. Jade (140 gp). Deep green spinel (140 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He likes to wear darkened spectacles and heavy clothing, no matter the weather. He is physically well-built. He wears his beige fur up. His amber eyes are slightly larger than normal.

Personality: Friendly and accommodating he would invite many more into his home than his spouse would be comfortable with if they did not express concern about it. He will do just about anything if he becomes convinced it is for someone's true love, of this he is easily convinced.

History: Born in the east his family was never financially stable. A gifted student he started as a Slave Trader, but he got bored and became a Marshal. He has worked as a Marshal like his mother before him.

Motivation: He is terrified, and will act out of fear; and wants to open a new tavern

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Fearful. Bonds: Has a crush, Poor, Job. Occupation: Marshal

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 500 gp.

Description: What flesh remains visible is marred by burns. She wears a weathered and beat up set of banded mail beneath an oversized grey coat. Her chestnut hair has been sun bleached extensively. She wears large thick round spectacles.

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. Jacoba enjoys physical pleasures, and is well known for her love of warm baths in the hot springs near the town.

History: She served in the navy to pay for her family's outstanding loans. She graduated from the Naval Academy and went to see the world at the rank of Ensign. She advanced relatively quickly due to her good work ethic, understanding of the chain of command, and natural leadership ability. She was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: She has a rivalry with the Church that dominates her actions; and marry her sister to traveling adventurers

Flaws: Ugly, Selfish, Hedonist. Bonds: Military. Occupation: Animal Trainer

Voice: Smoker's lung

Possessions: 130 gp. Coral (50 gp).

Description: A stocky darker skinned woman, she has the majority of her body covered in plate. Her hair is auburn and curly. Her face is full, her cheeks are rosy, and she always seems to sport a perfect smile and a twinkle in her amber eyes.

Personality: She speaks before she thinks and is too direct. She loves teas. She is very sensitive about her face. To blow off anger she lifts weights and to control her otherwise explosive temper she works out a lot.

History: A child with a great deal of writing talent her parents made sure she got the chance to thrive. Her spouse left her for another, whom she beat to an almost bloody pulp. She did not win them back, but she came to a realization. To get what you want from life, you must take it. She hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure her.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and to reunite with her old friends

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Attractive. Occupation: Miller

Voice: Raspy

Possessions: 250 gp.

Description: A stocky lighter skinned woman, she dresses well, wearing grey shirts, loose pants, and blazers most of the time. Her auburn hair is lengthy. 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 feeds upon the attention of others.

History: Gifted from a young age, Sybil studied abroad. Sybil was born on a far eastern desert where she grew up under the tutelage of her father, an expert Bricklayer. She was granted martial powers by her dying brother.

Motivation: Her name or reputation has been wronged in the past by gnolls, and she desires to right it; and revenge

Ideals: Disciplined, Gifted. Bonds: Attractive, Immigrant, Enemies. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Pirate accent

Possessions: 500 sp.

Description: A moderately attractive woman, she wears a white deerstalker hat and white clothes. Her brown hair is braided into rings. This amber eyed southerner is not easily forgotten.

Personality: Thea hangs on like a leech to those who appreciate her. It was this clingy personality that held back her writing career. She also has developed a complete distrust of the Detective profession.

History: Thea lived on a farm with her father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. She couldn't stand her childhood mentor and eventually formed a pact with her mentor's previously failed apprentice to rebel. When their plan failed the mentor lashed out against both of them and fled. She has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: She uses money and sex appeal to get what she needs; and her spouse's relatives view her with great suspicion

Ideals: Artistic. Bonds: Attractive, Job, Family, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Navigator

Voice: Complex vocabulary, royal

Possessions: 100 gp. Peridot (80 gp). Amethyst (150 gp). Smoky quartz (80 gp). 1 Backpack.

Description: This woman wears a fine chain shirt which she covers with grey colored cloaks and clothing. She has a penchant for wearing a ring with an oversized jet on her right hand. Her hair is greying and her face has many wrinkles. Her gray eyes dart from person to person.

Personality: Here is a woman who knows she is the smartest in the room. She talks down to others constantly. She is a thrill seeker, she laughs at people and throws down challenges. She is highly competitive and combative.

History: She was born in the south, but her parents moved at a very young age to the east. She dropped out of school before completing her studies. She left for the south, certain she would find work there.

Motivation: She has passion for adventuring and risk; and she has money and likes to spend it

Ideals: Impeccable, Logical. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer, Immigrant. Occupation: Tanner

Voice: Squeaky

Possessions: White pearl (140 gp). 1 Half-Plate.

Description: He is a paragon of his species. He is larger and stronger than most Gnomes. His skin is light but he possesses many brown ritualistic tattoos. He is wearing the road beaten gear of a warrior. His chestnut hair is styled in orderly dreadlocks. His thin eyebrows rest above his beady brown eyes.

Personality: He is a Carpenter first and foremost. He believes firmly that knowledge should be universal. He believes the world needs to unite to get rid of orcs once and for all.

History: He was a bastard born out of an affair, and his father always resented and mistreated him for it out of spite. He has had some formal dancing training, and achieved minor success. He has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Carpenter.

Motivation: Expand his business; and to be a painter again

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Job, Enemies. Occupation: Carpenter

Voice: Draws out vowels

Possessions: 7000 cp. 1 Masterwork Musical instrument.