Description: He is lean but muscular and wears a brown shirt with thin tan vertical stripes and white pants. His blonde hair is long and unkept. His eyes are a pleasant violet.

Personality: He believes there is no problem he cannot solve with sufficient elbow grease and persistence, if it is the best or most economic solution matters not. He is susceptible to being scared and is in actuality easily frightened. He likes to tell stories.

History: A child with a great deal of music talent his parents made sure he got the chance to thrive. Arnold 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. One night he noticed a nearby shooting star which he hiked out to see where it landed. It turned out to be an ancient artifact of some kind. He has done his darndest to repair it but it is currently non-functional.

Motivation: He feels threatened by others; and he is wracked by social anxiety

Ideals: Persistence, Artistic. Flaws: Ugly, Fearful. Bonds: Nature. Occupation: Mortician

Voice: Speaks with a cold

Possessions: 100 gp.

Description: An imposing man with a heavy stainless steel prosthetic right hand, he wears a fancy brown suit. His white hair, when down, is lengthy. His gray unseeing eyes seem to look past you.

Personality: He is fixated on the number 89. 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 motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: Thomas was raised in a hard working conservative environment. He helped his mother out around the business and became quite the natural. He has set out to sabotage the competition.

Motivation: He is unsatisfied with his job; and balancing his hectic life and new spy responsibilities is difficult

Ideals: Entrepeneur. Flaws: Disease, Insane. Bonds: Attractive, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Scratchy, weak

Possessions: 400 gp. Large well-done wool tapestry (500 gp). Brass mug with jade inlays (500 gp).

Description: She is a mite stocky and wears tight fitting clothing which further accentuates her frame. Her brown fur is lengthy and is close to two feet long. She has a very pronounced jaw and large eyebrows. She wears rectangular glasses with silver brims.

Personality: She hates brigands. She views them as having robbed her home of its proper glory. She is submissive, is generally bored by everything, but will take part in whatever people ask of her. She is by nature obliging.

History: She was born to loving parents in a slum to the east. She helped her mother out around the business and became quite the natural. She has drifted from career to career and currently works as a Dilettante.

Motivation: She is unsatisfied with her job; and to settle down with her crush

Flaws: Shy. Bonds: Attractive, Enemies, Poor, Job, Has a crush. Occupation: Dilettante

Voice: Boston accent

Possessions: 30 pp. Jet (80 gp).

Description: This petite short man is perpetually holding a sweet of some kind. He wears a shirt that is too small, which lets his gut show, with a ratty grey coat over it, marred by sweets. His auburn hair is cut jaggedly and amateurishly. His eyes are violet and he is always smoking a pipe.

Personality: He considers himself the protector of his home. He feels this is his duty and calling. He has a cruel streak; something he gained from his previous mentor. He harbors resentment against his former mentor.

History: He is the product a well kept family trust fund and as such has never really known need. A gypsy cursed him at a young age, leading to his ugly appearance. 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: To protect his home.

Flaws: Ugly, Antagonistic. Bonds: Guardian, Mentor, Rich. Occupation: Performer

Voice: Old Prospector

Possessions: 2000 cp.

Description: His left thumb is blackened and bruised, but otherwise he appears quite healthy. He wears a shirt and pants that are bristling with pockets overflowing with maps, compasses, and other navigational equipment. His red crest is lengthy. He wears an eyepatch.

Personality: His tongue was cut out and he uses sign language. He is used to getting what he wants. In part because he is a meticulous planner.

History: His parents moved while he was still in utero so he is the first generation to be born here. In his formative years he discovered how persuasive he was. He began using that to his advantage selling useless wares at inflated prices. He now has a substantial network of resources ranging from contacts to ships to peers.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and find a way to reverse the transformation of his sister

Ideals: Entrepeneur, Professionalism. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Immigrant. Occupation: Servant

Voice: Spanish accent

Possessions: Just what you see.

Description: With tan face paint in a stripe pattern across her face, she wears a tight fitting blue shirt and pants. Her auburn hair is cut short. Her amber eyes show the wear and tear of someone lonely with a great burden to carry.

Personality: She shows great sympathy to all travelers. She's the type to buy drinks and listen to their stories. Her brief stint in the army gave her the idea she was invincible and that she is the toughest woman alive.

History: She was born on a small isolated farm. Oda liked to wander the woods near her home when she was young, something she still likes to do at least once a week. She never liked modest clothing or shoes, so she would wander the woods barefoot and lightly dressed, and she developed a good sense of balance and learned how to climb and swim well. She's also a talented Junk Dealer, but doesn't like to broadcast it.

Motivation: Half-Orc compassion; and she is unsatisfied with her job

Ideals: Philantrophist. Flaws: Racist. Bonds: Military, Nature, Job. Occupation: Spy

Voice: Speaks with back of mouth

Possessions: 90000 cp.

Description: He wears a brown costume with the symbols of death on his torso. He is bristling with hidden weapons, mostly hand crossbows and warhammers. He sports a flattop hair cut. He wears round tiny glasses practically rammed into his face.

Personality: His voice, at times compared to that of a Nymph, lambasts those who consider themselves "civilized" with snide, belittling remarks; the subtle growl he speaks with growing louder in doing so, one can find it most pronounced, despite the otherwise natural purity of his tone. He is a font of random trivia from the lore and stories he has discovered

History: He was born a particularly ugly child, much to the horror of his parents. Odo 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. As of late he has set up a hidden staging nest where he ambushes people he hires for escort.

Motivation: He feels that his past leaves him morally obligated to help; and he desires power and/or immortality

Ideals: Logical. Flaws: Cynical, Ugly. Bonds: Criminal record, Adventurer. Occupation: Spice Merchant

Voice: Puts emphasis on the wrong words

Possessions: 1500 gp. Black pearl (500 gp). Malachite (9 gp). Sard (40 gp). Rhodochrosite (9 gp). Emerald (400 gp). Sardonyx (40 gp). Chrysoberyl (60 gp). Aquamarine (500 gp). Fiery yellow corundum (400 gp). Emerald (400 gp). 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item. 1 Minor magic item.

Description: A man of a pale complexion, he wears a simple white robe with pastel stripes complete with hood. He has no hair. He has a tattooed face.

Personality: Here is a man who knows he is the smartest in the room. He talks down to others constantly. He is motivated by money and will often try and persuade people to work for cheap. He haggles over everything, upselling his goods and buying cheap. He is persistent in everything.

History: He grew up in a lower middle class home, but living comfortably wasn't enough. When the war came and ruined his parents he was left adrift. He was a hard man then and has only learned to fight more as time goes on. He has been a successful dealer in antiques buying low and selling high.

Motivation: Retire the richest man in the south.

Ideals: Impeccable, Entrepeneur. Flaws: Ugly, Mundane, PTSD. Occupation: Masseuse

Voice: Sleepy voice

Possessions: 600 gp.

Description: A middle-aged woman, she typically wears a sleeveless long coat of deep blue leather and dull white iron scale mail, and is pretty ugly. Her black hair is well kept. She has gleaming, smiling brown eyes.

Personality: Her tongue was cut out and she uses sign language. She has the money to obtain near anything and knows that if you pay a woman enough she will sell her own mother. Money is her most trusted friend.

History: Gifted from a young age, Nissa studied abroad. She made a point of taking high paying jobs and getting most of it up front. She is searching for what she claims is her rightful reward.

Motivation: She is greedy; and she's looking for her big break

Ideals: Gifted. Flaws: Ugly, Disease. Bonds: Rich, Adventurer. Occupation: Detective

Voice: Smooth and feminine

Possessions: Hematite (9 gp). Golden pearl (130 gp). Banded agate (9 gp). Carnelian (20 gp). Deep blue spinel (500 gp). Zircon (20 gp). Black star sapphire (900 gp).