Description: He appears as an extremely gaunt Human, and stands approximately 5'4". He prefers to wear fine silks, though has several suits of combat armor for his hunting needs, and his gloved hand is found clutching a flail. He is bald on top and has large red tufts of hair around his ears. He is missing an eye and his face is severely sunburned. His one remaining eye shines violet.

Personality: He is enamored with his job. He loves it. He likes the challenge and he likes helping those less fortunate than him. He is cautious and jumpy. He reacts to every sound and lacks any concept of subtlety.

History: The child of a Courier, who enjoyed hunting, Simon was taken on many hunting expeditions. He moved from fad to fad and when he turned 15 he discovered dancing. He struck the Carter job and began his own company from there.

Motivation: He'd like to take his coworkers down a peg.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Rich, Job, Nature. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Eastern European accent

Possessions: 1 Average lock. 1 Climber’s kit. 1 Silk rope.

Description: He wears baggy violet pantaloons and a white scarf, and carries maces. His white hair has been sun bleached extensively. His eyes are a pleasant hazel.

Personality: He is very quiet and rarely speaks above a whisper. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. Naeris was born on a far western desert where he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, an expert Beggar. He left for the west, certain he would find work there.

Motivation: To fight the greatest warriors and to fight in the greatest battles ever; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Fighting, Artistic, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Beggar

Voice: Posh accent

Possessions: 800 gp. Eye agate (13 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Hematite (13 gp). Moss agate (13 gp). Blue star sapphire (400 gp). Pink pearl (70 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: He is wearing a long, tan cloak. His attire stands in sharp contrast to his shortbow, which is beautifully polished and possesses an ornate carving of a dagger on it. His auburn hair is long and unkept. His ears are large.

Personality: He likes to be helpful to his clients. He likes to prescribe proper advice to his clients. His actions favor neither the good nor the evil, as he answers to a power that mortal men fail to acknowledge.

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. His mother took him hunting and taught him how to get in the mind of other creatures. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Someone believes him a fraud; and retire the richest man in the west

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Job, Religious, Nature, Enemies. Occupation: Shipwright

Voice: Forgets to breathe while speaking

Possessions: 400 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon. 1 Masterwork Common Ranged Weapon.

Description: A well shaped man just over fifty, he is dressed in a clean brown cloak covering his clean studded leather. His red hair is thinning but still full. He is baby faced.

Personality: He loves justice and goodness and right action. Anyone who does not fulfill this criteria perfectly will no doubt get a lecture from him. He is the most sanctimonious self-righteous Human in existence. He would rather hide behind his crafts than deal with other people.

History: Anselm lived on a farm with his father, near the main road leading to a nearby town. Being born in the north, 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 north 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 east. He remains aloof and afraid to be himself due to all the ideals others have placed upon him.

Motivation: To reunite with his absent father; and his relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Justice, Artistic. Flaws: Shy, Depressed. Bonds: Family. Occupation: Bricklayer

Voice: Creaky witch voice

Possessions: 1100 gp.

Description: She wears an old set of leather armor, nicked and torn by the ravages of time and battle. She is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly lances and monstrous two handed axes. Her auburn hair is greying along the sides and has receded to reveal a widow's peak. Her eyes are likewise green. Her teeth are yellowed and unaligned.

Personality: She dislikes all the random violence that takes place in the south. She is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. She haggles over everything, upselling her goods and buying cheap. She is persistent in everything.

History: She was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of her parents. Her parents died when she was young, and she was unceremoniously dumped in the city orphanage. Mara 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 Mara. She used her abilities to trick people and travel the world for free.

Motivation: She feels that her past leaves her morally obligated to help; and she possesses a valuable artifact that the thieves guild wishes to steal

Ideals: Pacifist, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record. Occupation: Interpreter

Voice: Aggressive tone

Possessions: 900 gp. Jade (160 gp). Red garnet (160 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: Dark and lean, he is a relatively plain man. He likes to wear ponchos typically of a light green in addition to tight pants. He keeps his black crest in a pixie cut. He wears a mask on his face.

Personality: He is a sleazy, sleazy guy. He has no qualms about using his powers of suggestion to get people to do what he wants. He keeps company with all sorts of races to see how they think and challenge minds foreign to his own.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. Ostracized due to the druidic powers of his oldest sister, he and his siblings struck out on their own. In the process these unassuming Dragonborns became a terror of the countryside. He hopes to save up enough money to one day pay a cleric to cure him.

Motivation: He is content; and he is currently in port desperately looking for someone to get him out

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Mundane, Disease. Bonds: Attractive, Slave. Occupation: Laborer

Voice: Speaks with lower jaw sticking out

Possessions: 12000 sp. Brass mug with jade inlays (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: She wears a brown vest and prefers red and tan shirts. Her boots appear to have been at one point steel toed but are quite worn down. Her auburn hair is matted, messy, and big. Her face is feral with sharp distinguishing features. Her spectacle hidden eyes are a deep blue.

Personality: She is not truly malevolent, but she is obsessed with music. She constantly tries to fill her life with music. She is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: Liftrasa was born into a poor family. Growing up, she dreamt of becoming a Warlock, to bring honor to her family’s name. When she came of age, she applied for a position with her town's local guard, looking to work her way up via merit and eventually become a Warlock in service of a powerful lord somewhere. Liftrasa 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 was recently attacked on the road and savagely beaten by bandits.

Motivation: Meet up once more with her childhood friend.

Ideals: Artistic. Flaws: Ugly. Bonds: Military, Poor, Adventurer. Occupation: Carter

Voice: Soft and mumbly

Possessions: 1000 gp. Tourmaline (140 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Freshwater pearl (12 gp). Eye agate (12 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). Sard (60 gp). Blue quartz (12 gp). Black pearl (600 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: This western woman wears a black coat over a grey low-cut shirt, and a wide-brimmed hat upon her head. Her clothes are grease stained in places. She wears a wide-brimmed hat to hide her balding. Her eyes, though not visible through her cowl, are red.

Personality: Stoic and calm, she prefers to meditate than take action. She lacks restraint and is impulsive. She jumps in and acts without thinking all too often.

History: Vezera was born with her father's beautiful face. A few years later when the east was not economically sound they moved to her current location. She inherited the family business which she has now maintained for 5 years.

Motivation: To prove her worth to the world; and her relatives are trying to arrange a marriage

Ideals: Disciplined. Flaws: Impulsive. Bonds: Poor, Immigrant, Attractive. Occupation: Soapmaker

Voice: Low rumbling, strings words together

Possessions: 200 gp. 1 Masterwork Common Melee. 1 Masterwork Uncommon Weapon.

Description: This man wears a black cloak and cross-gartered grey stockings, and sports empty pouches on his belt. His chestnut hair is smooth and relatively long. His otherwise smooth face is marked with small tiny scars.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 28. He counts his steps and bites of food to keep in track with it. He seems to be used to being ignored and not questioned about it. He is frequently practicing swordplay.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. He has chosen to use the inheritance that was left to him frivolously. He eventually got the idea of being the protector of his homeland from reading books, and has made it his duty.

Motivation: He wants nothing more than to rejoin the army; and he will attempt to ambush and attack anyone he thinks he can take on alone and try to knock them out with non-lethal damage. if successful, he will try to sell them to his slave-trader contact

Flaws: Insane. Bonds: Military, Rich, Guardian, Criminal record. Occupation: Miner

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: Blue sapphire (600 gp). Obsidian (12 gp). Azurite (12 gp). Jet (50 gp). Pink pearl (50 gp). Black pearl (1600 gp). 1 Minor magic item.